Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0064 |
| Title: | Adult schizophrenia following prenatal exposure to an influenza epidemic |
| Author(s): | Mednick SA, et al. |
| Reference: | Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988; 45: 189-92 |
| Place of Study: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Abstract: | A large study of adults who were at risk to exposure in utero to the 1957 influenza A2 epidemics in Helsinki. Those at risk during the second trimester have significantly more hospitalisation for schizophrenia than individuals potentially exposed during the other trimesters or during the first years following birth. |
| Keyword(s): | influenza, mental diseases, schizophrenia |
| Discussion: | Increasing and converging evidence suggest that anomalies develop prenatally in schizophrenia. See entry 0065 |
| See Also: | 0065 |
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