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Season of Birth in Alzheimer's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Philpot ,
Michelle Rottenstein ,
Alistair Burns  and
Geoffrey Der
Michael Philpot*
Affiliation:
Section of Psychogeriatrics, Guy's Hospital
Michelle Rottenstein
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Australia
Alistair Burns
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry
Geoffrey Der
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit; Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
∗Hither Green Hospital, Hither Green Lane, London SE13
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Abstract

Variation in quarter of birth was examined in patients with a clinical diagnosis of AD. There was a significant excess of first-quarter births among AD patients as compared with the expected birth rates derived from an age-matched census sample. This finding was due entirely to the significant excess of first-quarter births in AD patients without a family history of dementia. No seasonal variation was found in the birth dates of other clinical groups.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 662 - 666
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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