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No association between season of birth of patients with schizophrenia and risk of schizophrenia among their siblings.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jan 2004
Suvisaari Jaana M, Haukka Jari K, Lönnqvist Jouko K
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies on the relationship between the season of birth of patients with schizophrenia and the risk of schizophrenia among their siblings have yielded contradictory results. We investigated whether proband's month of birth affects siblings' risk of developing schizophrenia. We used the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register to identify all patients born in Finland from 1950 to 1976 who had been hospitalized...
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