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Exposure to prenatal infections, genetics and the risk of systematic and periodic catatonia.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 May 2002
Stöber G, Franzek E, Beckmann H, Schmidtke A
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The meaning of heterogeneity in schizophrenia and the impact of genetic and environmental factors on etiology are a matter of continuous debate in psychiatric research. Different clinical and birth history variables were investigated in a sample of 68 patients with chronic catatonic schizophrenia according to DSM III-R, classified into Leonhard's systematic schizophrenia (n = 32) and periodic catatonia (n = 36)....
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