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Perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia: Diagnostic specificity and relationships with maternal psychopathology
27 Nov 2002
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Although a growing body of evidence supports the hypothesis that exposure to obstetric complications (OCs) increases the vulnerability for schizophrenia, some questions remain unanswered regarding the diagnostic specificity and the etiological significance of this association. Associations with a history of OCs have been reported for other severe psychiatric disorders, such as autism, anorexia nervosa, or...
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