Reflections on the evidence for a vulnerability locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 6p24-22
โ Scribed by Kendler, Kenneth S. ;Straub, Richard E. ;Maclean, Charles J. ;Walsh, Dermot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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