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Maternal viral infection and schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Castle  and
Michael Gill
David Castle
Affiliation:
Genetics Section, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Michael Gill
Affiliation:
Genetics Section, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 273
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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