Blurring diagnostic boundaries: common genetic risk variants in major psychiatric disorders
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1759-4758,1759-4766
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.54