Minor physical anomalies across ethnic groups in a first episode psychosis sample

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 86-90

  Dean, K ^a   Dazzan, P ^a   Lloyd, T ^b   Morgan, C ^a   Morgan, K ^a   Doody, G A ^b   Hutchinson, G ^c   Orr, K ^d   Jones, P B ^e   Murray, R M ^a   Fearon, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; First onset; Minor physical anomalies; Neurodevelopment; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33845325782     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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