Prenatal and perinatal risk factors of schizophrenia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2559-2563

  Meli, Giampiero ^a   Öttl, Birgit ^b   Paladini, Angela ^c   Cataldi, Luigi ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infections; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal and perinatal; Risk factors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IRON; VITAMIN D;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON METABOLISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATERNAL AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84870364143     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.699118     Document Type: Review

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