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Genetics of Manic-Depressive Disease: Iceland Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hugh Hendrie
Affiliation:
Lafayette Clinic, 951 East Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan 48207
Valerie Klinge
Affiliation:
Lafayette Clinic, 951 East Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan 48207
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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