Schizophrenia Research
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 119-120 , 1 July 2004

Are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia consistent with an autistic spectrum illness?

  • Brian B Sheitman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dorothea Dix Hospital, 3601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-3601, USA. Tel.: +1-919-733-8416; fax: +1-919-715-0707.
    • Dorothea Dix State Psychiatric Hospital, Raleigh, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    • ,
  • John E Kraus

      Affiliations

    • Dorothea Dix State Psychiatric Hospital, Raleigh, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    • ,
  • James W Bodfish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    • Western Carolina Center, Morgantown, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Harold Carmel

      Affiliations

    • John Umstead State Psychiatric Hospital, Butner, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Received 10 January 2003 ,Revised 2 June 2003 ,Accepted 2 June 2003.

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PII: S0920-9964(03)00177-4

doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00177-4

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 119-120 , 1 July 2004

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