The authors compared the risk of schizophrenia in Dutch birth cohorts that were or were not exposed during the second trimester of gestation to the 1957 A2 influenza epidemic. Exposed birth cohorts did not have a higher risk of schizophrenia. These findings suggest that, in some populations, there is no relation between prenatal exposure to influenza and risk of schizophrenia.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.6.922DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

risk schizophrenia
16
prenatal exposure
8
exposure influenza
8
birth cohorts
8
relation risk
4
schizophrenia
4
schizophrenia prenatal
4
influenza holland
4
holland authors
4
authors compared
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!