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Growth trajectory during early life and risk of adult schizophrenia.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Dec 2007
Perrin Megan A, Chen Henian, Sandberg David E, Malaspina Dolores, Brown Alan S
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BACKGROUND: Growth abnormalities have been suggested as a precursor to schizophrenia, but previous studies have not assessed growth patterns using repeated measures. AIMS: To assess the association between early life/later childhood growth patterns and risk of schizophrenia. METHODS: Using prospectively collected data from a birth cohort (born 1959-1967), measurements of height, weight and body mass index (BMI)...
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