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Seasonal distribution of births in patients with Alzheimer's disease and elderly depressive patients.

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 Apr 2001

Ptok U, Papassotiropoulos A, Maier W, Heun R

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Winter births have been associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other psychiatric disorders. In the present investigation, this putative association was examined in a sample of gerontopsychiatric patients. An analysis of the quarterly birth rates of 83 patients with AD, 78 elderly depressive patients with an early onset and 74 patients with a late onset of the depressive disorder, 48...

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PMID: 11353593
DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(01)00557-0

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