Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 79-81 , 1 January 2004

Schizophrenia in the offspring of antenatally depressed mothers: a 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort

  • Pirjo Mäki

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland. Tel.: +358-8-315-7297; fax: +358-8-333-167.
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Juha Veijola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Paula Rantakallio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Jari Jokelainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Peter B. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge,Cambridge, UK
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  • Matti Isohanni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Received 21 June 2002

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 This work was supported by grants from the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation.

PII: S0920-9964(02)00437-1

doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00437-1

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 79-81 , 1 January 2004