Hypothesis: Is low prenatal vitamin Da risk-modifying factor for schizophrenia? -
J McGrath - Schizophrenia Research, 1999 - Elsevier
... It is postulated that the excess of winter births noted in schizophrenia may be
related to a fall in maternal vitamin D levels associated with the reduced ...

Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth … -
… , P Jones, MR J?rvelin, D Chant, M Isohanni - Schizophrenia Research, 2004 - Elsevier
... If the widespread use of vitamin D supplements in Finland did lead to a reduction
in schizophrenia, then the hypothesis may provide an explanation for two ...

Low maternal vitamin D as a risk factor for schizophrenia: a pilot study using banked sera -
J McGrath, D Eyles, B Mowry, R Yolken, S Buka - Schizophrenia Research, 2003 - Elsevier
... Future studies of the role of maternal vitamin D and schizophrenia may wish to focus
specifically on individuals born during winter and spring, and dark ...

Free radical pathology in schizophrenia: a review -
RD Reddy, JK Yao - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids, 1996 - Elsevier
... Ravinder D. Reddy I, Jeffrey K. Yao 1 ... vitamin E). ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and ... membrane
phospholipid composition associated with schizophrenia may result in ...

Neurobiological Plausibility of Prenatal Nutritional Deprivation as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia. -
AS BROWN, ES SUSSER, PD BUTLER, RR ANDREWS, CA … - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1996 - jonmd.com
... that resemble those found in schizophrenia?; d) Can prenatal ... folate, red cell folate,
and vitamin B12 levels ... PRENATAL MALNUTRITION AND SCHIZOPHRENIA 79 TABLE 1 ...

Schizophrenia, vitamin D, and brain development. -
A Mackay-Sim, F Feron, D Eyles, T Burne, J McGrath - Int Rev Neurobiol, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... We make the case here that schizophrenia may result not from numerous genes ... In
particular we propose that low vitamin D during brain development interacts with ...

Velocardiofacial Syndrome in Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia. -
SI USISKIN, ROB NICOLSON, DM KRASNEWICH, W YAN, M … - Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent …, 1999 - jaacap.com
... phos- phate, normal parathyroid hormone, and low vitamin D. DISCUSSION This ... remaining
gene, or genomic imprinting may cause schizophrenia (Karayiorgou et ...

… Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Northern Hemisphere Season of Birth Studies in Schizophrenia -
G Davies, J Welham, D Chant, EF Torrey, J McGrath - Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2003 - MPRC
... prenatal vitamin D (McGrath 1999). If we can identify these underlying risks, this
may have important implications for the primary prevention of schizophrenia ( ...

Genetic markers in schizophrenia. -
P McGuffin, E Sturt - Hum Hered, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... The most consistent genetic marker finding, to date, of an association between HLA
A9 and paranoid schizophrenia may fall into the latter category. ...

Does ?imprinting?with low prenatal vitamin D contribute to the risk of various adult disorders? -
J McGrath - Medical Hypotheses, 2001 - Elsevier
... it is pro- posed that vitamin D mediated alterations in neuronal proliferation,
differentiation, migration and apoptosis may be implicated in schizophrenia. ...