Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Tunisia.
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).
Kallel
Lassad
L
Service de psychiatrie C Hôpital RAZI, La Manouba, Tunisia. lassad.kallel@gmail.com
Brunelin
Jerome
J
Zghal
Ahmed
A
Labbane
Raja
R
Dalery
Jean
J
d'Amato
Thierry
T
Saoud
Mohamed
M
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