Hyperthermia in utero due to maternal influenza is an environmental risk factor for schizophrenia

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 84-89

  Edwards, Marshall J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial and environmental factors; Fever; Hyperthermia; Maternal influenza; Prenatal brain development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFLUENZA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 34547731368     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2007.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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