Obstetric complications in DSM-III schizophrenics and their siblings.
Blind to the adult diagnosis, the birth records of 27 patients fulfilling DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia and those of their healthy siblings were examined. A significant excess of obstetric complications was seen in the schizophrenic subjects.
Eagles
J M
JM
Ross Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, UK.
Gibson
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Bremner
M H
MH
Clunie
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Ebmeier
K P
KP
Smith
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NC
D000328:Adult; D001719:Birth Certificates; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index