Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , 1 March 2004

Normal cerebral asymmetry in familial and non-familial schizophrenic probands and their unaffected relatives

Received 5 August 2002 ,Accepted 14 March 2003.

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Schizophrenia Research
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