Advanced paternal age increases the risk of schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a Chinese Han population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-359

  Wu, Yuejing ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Luo, Hongrong ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Zhao, Gaofeng ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Ma, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Xiehe ^a   Murray, Robin A ^b   Collier, David A ^b   Li, Tao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Paternal age; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84868668420     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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