Childhood developmental vulnerabilities associated with early life exposure to infectious and noninfectious diseases and maternal mental illness.
Melissa Jane GreenMaina KariukiKimberlie DeanKristin R LaurensStacy TzoumakisFelicity HarrisVaughan J CarrPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2017)
Prenatal exposure to infectious or noninfectious diseases appear to influence early childhood physical, social, emotional and cognitive developmental vulnerabilities that may represent intermediate phenotypes for subsequent mental disorders.