New genetic hypothesis of schizophrenia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Guidry, J ^a,b   Kent, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Rusk State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0033023626     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1997.0618     Document Type: Article

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