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Prenatal Exposure to Influenza as a Cause of Schizophrenia

There are inconsistencies and contradictions in the evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

T. J. Crow
T. J. Crow*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow HA1 3UJ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 588 - 592
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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