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Evidence for an interaction between familial liability and prenatal exposure to infection in the causation of schizophrenia.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 2009
Clarke Mary C, Tanskanen Antti, Huttunen Matti, Whittaker John C, Cannon Mary
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OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine whether prenatal exposure to infection and a positive family history of psychotic disorders interact synergistically to increase the risk of later developing schizophrenia. METHOD: The authors linked two national registers, the Medical Birth Register and the Finnish Population Register, to identify all women in Helsinki who received hospital treatment during pregnancy...
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