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Influenza and schizophrenia in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. Kunugi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173
S. Nanko
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173
N. Takei
Affiliation:
Genetics Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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