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Correspondence| Volume 42, ISSUE 12, P1186-1187, December 15, 1997

No cytogenetical abnormalities in a set of schizophrenic quadruplets

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00393-4
No cytogenetical abnormalities in a set of schizophrenic quadruplets
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      Footnotes

      This study was supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council (03560+03921), National Institute of Mental Health (4481408), Highland Drive V.A. Medical Research Foundation, and the Söderström-Königska Foundation.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00393-4

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