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Fetal hypoxia and structural brain abnormalities in schizophrenic patients, their siblings, and controls.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jan 2002
Cannon Tyrone D, van Erp Theo G M, Rosso Isabelle M, Huttunen Matti, Lönnqvist Jouko, Pirkola Tiia, Salonen Oili, Valanne Leena, Poutanen Veli-Pekka, Standertskjöld-Nordenstam Carl-Gustav
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BACKGROUND: Cortical gray matter reductions and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) increases are robust correlates of schizophrenia, but their relationships to obstetric and other etiologic risk factors remain to be established. METHODS: Structured diagnostic interviews, obstetric hospital records, and magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain were obtained for 64 schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients...
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