Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , 1 January 2004

No association between season of birth of patients with schizophrenia and risk of schizophrenia among their siblings

Received 11 June 2002 ,Accepted 14 November 2002.

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