Month of birth in deficit and non-deficit schizophrenic patients.
In order to test the hypothesis that an excess of summer births is a risk factor for deficit syndrome, the month of birth was studied in 53 deficit schizophrenic patients compared to 158 non-deficit patients. No significant difference in terms of month of birth or season of birth was observed between deficit and non-deficit patients, suggesting that summer births might not be a risk factor for deficit schizophrenia.
Dollfus
S
S
Centre Esquirol, CHU, Caen, France.
Brazo
P
P
Langlois
S
S
Gourevitch
R
R
Dassa
D
D
Besse
F
F
Van Der Elst
A
A
Thibaut
F
F
Delamillieure
P
P
Chabot
B
B
Guelfi
J D
JD
Petit
M
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012621:Seasons