Obstetric Complications and the Risk of Schizophrenia
Open Access
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 56 (3) , 234-240
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.234
Abstract
THE ORIGIN of schizophrenia is largely unknown. A vulnerability originating from disturbances in the central nervous system (CNS) during the embryonal, fetal, or neonatal period may possibly explain some of the reason for the occurrence of schizophrenia.1Keywords
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