Role of brain organization in the pathogenesis of physical disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 516-523

  Endicott, N A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH; HEREDITY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033395525     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0802     Document Type: Article

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