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. 1997 Dec;61(6):1450–1454. doi: 10.1086/301634

Identification of an interstitial deletion in an adult female with schizophrenia, mental retardation, and dysmorphic features: further support for a putative schizophrenia-susceptibility locus at 5q21-23.1.

R L Bennett, M Karayiorgou, C A Sobin, T H Norwood, M A Kay
PMCID: PMC1716062  PMID: 9399892

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