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Schizophrenia: Some New Aetiological Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. R. J. Burch
P. R. J. Burch*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Environmental Radiation Research Unit; Department of Medical Physics, University of Leeds, The General Infirmary, Leeds, I
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In the previous paper (Burch, 1964), I discussed the possible significance of certain statistical features of manic depressive psychosis; in this one I shall consider corresponding statistics relating to schizophrenia.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 469 , November 1964 , pp. 818 - 824
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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