Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31 , 1 March 2004

Neurological and morphological anomalies and the genetic liability to schizophrenia: a composite phenotype

Received 21 November 2002 ,Accepted 11 March 2003.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31 , 1 March 2004

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