Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 219-224 , 15 March 2004

Is lateral bias anomalous in early-onset schizophrenia? Selected comparisons with normal populations

  • Simon L. Collinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Locked Bag 11, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61-3-9388-1633; fax: +61-3-9387-5061
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  • Tania Jane Phillips

      Affiliations

    • CAMHS Academic Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Dunstable Health Centre, Priory Gardens, Dunstable LU6 3SU, UK
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  • Anthony C.D. James

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
    • Highfield Adolescent Unit, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
    • ,
  • Digby J. Quested

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
    • ,
  • Timothy J. Crow

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales SANE Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK

Received 24 March 2003 ,Accepted 28 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.018

Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 219-224 , 15 March 2004

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