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Explaining variation in the premorbid adjustment of schizophrenia patients: the role of season of birth and family history.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Feb 2005
St-Hilaire Annie, Holowka Darren, Cunningham Helen, Champagne Frances, Pukall Monica, King Suzanne
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UNLABELLED: Several studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be born in the winter and early spring than at any other time of the year. Furthermore, some studies have reported that winter-born patients differ from non-winter-born patients in terms of risk factors, symptoms, sensory abnormalities and brain morphology. Associations between season of birth and premorbid adjustment...
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