Schizophrenia as a developmental disorder of the cerebral cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-161

  Raedler, Thomas J ^a   Knable, Michael B ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABOR COMPLICATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 0031943325     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80019-6     Document Type: Article

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