Problem of diagnosis in postmortem brain studies of schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-537

  Hill, Christine ^b   Keks, Nicholas ^a   Roberts, Susan ^b   Opeskin, Ken ^b   Dean, Brian ^b   MacKinnon, Andrew ^b   Copolov, David ^b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030002432     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.4.533     Document Type: Article

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