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Genetics and psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Michael J. Owen  and
Peter McGuffin
Michael J. Owen*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Psychological Medicine and Medical Genetics
Peter McGuffin
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
*
Professor Michael Owen, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Unit, Tenovus Building, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN. Tel: 01222 743058; Fax: 01222 746554; e-mail: OwenMj@Cardiff.ac.uk
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 201 - 202
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

Footnotes

†

See pp. 209–219, this issue.

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