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Are polioviruses a cause of schizophrenia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard F. Squires
Richard F. Squires*
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The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 427
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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