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Perinatal folate-related exposures and risk of psychotic symptoms in the ALSPAC birth cohort.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jul 2010
Glaser B, Ades A E, Lewis S, Emmet P, Lewis G, Smith G Davey, Zammit S
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BACKGROUND: It is unclear to what extent non-clinical psychotic experiences during childhood and adolescence share underlying aetiological mechanisms with schizophrenia. One candidate mechanism for schizophrenia involves the epigenetic status of the developing fetus, which depends on the internal folate-status of mother and child. Our study examines the relationships between multiple determinants of perinatal...
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