Psychosis with Intellectual Disabilities

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10 - Psychosis with Intellectual Disabilities

from Part IV - Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010

Colin P. Hemmings and

Nick Bouras

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Daryl Fujii and

Iqbal Ahmed

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Colin P. Hemmings: Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, MHiLD, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
Nick Bouras: Affiliation:
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Estia Centre, London, UK
Daryl Fujii: Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Iqbal Ahmed: Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa

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Information: The Spectrum of Psychotic Disorders
Neurobiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis
, pp. 197 - 217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511543784.011 [Opens in a new window]

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