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The Viral Theory of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

T. J. Crow
T. J. Crow*
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Division of Psychiatry Clinical Research Centre Northwick Park Hospital Harrow, London HA1 3UJ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 564 - 566
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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