Article
Obstetric complications in histories of monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 1994
McNeil T F, Cantor-Graae E, Torrey E F, Sjöström K, Bowler A, Taylor E, Rawlings R, Higgins E S
Abstract excerpt
Histories of obstetric complications (OCs) during pregnancy, labor-delivery and the neonatal period were investigated by detailed maternal report for 23 monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia, 10 MZ twin pairs concordant for schizophrenia and 7 normal MZ control pairs. Statistically significant differences in OC rates were found across these 3 groups. OCs being most frequent in discordant pairs...
Topics
- Adult
- Birth Weight
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obstetric Labor Complications
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Risk Factors
