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Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Nithsdale, Scotland.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11580005     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Patients with deficit schizophrenia differ from other people with schizophrenia relative to course of illness, treatment response, and neurobiological correlates. An association between deficit schizophrenia and summer birth, in contrast to the winter birth risk factor associated with schizophrenia as a whole, has also been reported. We attempted to replicate the association between summer birth and deficit schizophrenia by using data from a prevalence survey in Nithsdale in southwest Scotland, in which all patients with schizophrenia in Nithsdale were identified and 87% were interviewed directly. Deficit schizophrenia was associated with summer birth, defined as birth in June/July/August (p < .02), June/July (p < .02), or July/August (p < .03). The association with summer birth is consistent with other evidence that patients with deficit schizophrenia have a pathophysiology that differs in some ways from that of other patients with schizophrenia.
Authors:
C Tek; B Kirkpatrick; C Kelly; R G McCreadie
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of nervous and mental disease     Volume:  189     ISSN:  0022-3018     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nerv. Ment. Dis.     Publication Date:  2001 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-10-02     Completed Date:  2001-10-25     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375402     Medline TA:  J Nerv Ment Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  613-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21228, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia / classification,  diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Schizophrenic Psychology
Scotland / epidemiology
Seasons*
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
MH40279/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; MH60487/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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