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Schizophrenia: Behavioral Variability and Evolutionary Persistence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Randal A. Sengel
Randal A. Sengel*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Post Office Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, U.S.A.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 1 , July 1981 , pp. 81 - 82
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