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Schizophrenia: from the brain to peripheral markers. A consensus paper of the WFSBP task force on biological markers.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2009
Stober Gerald, Ben-Shachar Dorit, Cardon M, Falkai Peter, Fonteh Alfred N, Gawlik Micha, Glenthoj Birte Y, Grunblatt Edna, Jablensky Assen, Kim Yong-Ku, Kornhuber Johannes, McNeil Thomas F, Muller Norbert, Oranje Bob, Saito Toshikazu, Saoud Mohamed, Schmitt Andrea, Schwartz Michal, Thome Johannes, Uzbekov Marat, Durany Nuria, Riederer Peter
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Objective. The phenotypic complexity, together with the multifarious nature of the so-called "schizophrenic psychoses", limits our ability to form a simple and logical biologically based hypothesis for the disease group. Biological markers are defined as biochemical, physiological or anatomical traits that are specific to particular conditions. An important aim of biomarker discovery is the detection of disease...
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