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Parental age and risk of schizophrenia: a case-control study.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jul 2003
Byrne Majella, Agerbo Esben, Ewald Henrik, Eaton William W, Mortensen Preben Bo
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BACKGROUND: Advanced paternal age has been suggested as a possible risk factor for schizophrenia. It is not known whether this is explained by known risk factors for schizophrenia, including sibship characteristics, death of a parent before first hospital admission, season and place of birth, and family history of psychiatric illness, or by socioeconomic factors. We investigated the risk of schizophrenia...
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