Paternal age as a risk factor for schizophrenia: How important is it?

Torrey, E. Fuller; Buka, Stephen; Cannon, Tyrone D.; Goldstein, Jill M.; Seidman, Larry J.; Liu, Tianli; Hadley, Trevor; Rosso, Isabelle M.; Bearden, Carrie; Yolken, Robert H.

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2009.06.017

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Volume 114, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5, October 2009

Paternal age as a risk factor for schizophrenia: How important is it?

E. Fuller Torrey
- The Stanley Medical Research Institute, 8401 Connecticut Ave., Suite 200, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 301 571 2078; fax: +1 301 571 0775.
Stephen Buka
- Department of Community Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02806, USA
Tyrone D. Cannon
- Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, 1285 Franz Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Jill M. Goldstein
- Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital, One Brigham Circle, Division of Women's Health, 3rd floor, 1620 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02120, USA
Larry J. Seidman
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Tianli Liu
- Department of Community Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02806, USA
Trevor Hadley
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA
Isabelle M. Rosso
- McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Carrie Bearden
- Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, 1285 Franz Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Robert H. Yolken
- The Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, USA