Familial risks and reproductive fitness in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Battaglia, Marco ^a,b   Bellodi, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b School of Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0029886621     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/22.2.191     Document Type: Review

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