FRONTAL LOBE ATROPHY OF THE BRAIN IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
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عنوان ژورنال: The KITAKANTO Medical Journal
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0023-1908,1883-6135
DOI: 10.2974/kmj1951.31.395