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Positive and Negative Schizophrenic Symptoms and the Role of Dopamine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. V. P. Mackay
A. V. P. Mackay*
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MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit, Cambridge
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 137 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 379 - 383
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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