Somatic Diseases Common Prior to Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is associated with excess physical comorbidity. Yet, to our knowledge, large studies are lacking on the associations with somatic diseases before the onset of schizophrenia.

The authors conducted a nationwide study of the full spectrum of treated somatic diseases before the first diagnosis of schizophrenia.

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