Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 10 , Pages 1120-1124 , October 2008

Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: Insights From Neuroimaging Studies

,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 10 , Pages 1120-1124 , October 2008

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