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Foetal brain development in offspring of women with psychosis.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 May 2007
Clarke Mary C, Cannon Mary, Hogg Matthe W, Marks Maureen N, Conroy Sue, Pawlby Susan J, Greenough Anne, Nicolaides Kypros
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral ventricular enlargement and reduced cortical volume are correlates of chronic schizophrenia. We investigated whether genetic risk for psychosis related to differences in foetal brain development as measured by prenatal ultrasonography. Routine foetal cerebral measures at 19-23 weeks of gestation were compared between the offspring of 35 women with a history of psychosis and 105 control women matched for...
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