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Pathways to schizophrenia: the impact of environmental factors.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2004
Howes Oliver D, McDonald Colm, Cannon Mary, Arseneault Louise, Boydell Jane, Murray Robin M
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Schizophrenia is an aetiologically complex disorder arising from the interaction of a range of factors acting at various stages of life. Schizophrenic individuals inherit genes that cause structural brain deviations which may be compounded by early environmental insults. As a result some pre-schizophrenic children exhibit subtle developmental delays, cognitive problems, or poor interpersonal relationships. They...
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