Adoptive paternal age and risk of psychosis in adoptees: a register based cohort study.

The association between advancing paternal age and increased risk of schizophrenia in the off-spring is well established. The underlying mechanisms are unknown. In order to investigate whether the psychosocial environment associated with growing up with an aged father explains the increased risk we...

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Main Authors: Mats Ek, Susanne Wicks, Cecilia Magnusson, Christina Dalman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3468435?pdf=render