title: Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Tunisia.
abstract: Summer birth has been associated with the deficit Schizophrenia syndrome, while DSM-IV schizophrenia is associated with winter birth. We confirm these monthly differences in a Tunisian sample of patients with schizophrenia, with a summer birth peak (n=34 deficit patients) and an expected winter birth peak (n=46 non-deficit patients).
authors.affiliation: Service de psychiatrie C Hôpital RAZI, La Manouba, Tunisia. lassad.kallel@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lassad
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunelin
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zghal
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labbane
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalery
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: d'Amato
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saoud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001723:Birth Rate; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology