Open AccessChildhood Head Injury and Expression of Schizophrenia in Multiply Affected Families
Author(s) -
Philip Abdelmalik,
Janice Husted,
Eva W. C. Chow,
Anne S. Bassett
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.60.3.231
Subject(s) - psychosis , head injury , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , etiology , odds ratio , family history , medicine , age of onset , pediatrics , psychiatry , psychology , disease
The etiology of schizophrenia is believed to include genetic and nongenetic factors, with the pathogenesis involving abnormal neurodevelopment. We investigated whether mild head injury during brain maturation plays a role in the expression of schizophrenia in multiply affected families.
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