Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , 15 July 2005

Lateralization of verbal ability in pre-psychotic children

  • Stuart J. Leask

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham University Department of Psychiatry, Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road, Nottingham, NG3 6AA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 115 969 1300x40784.
    • ,
  • Timothy J. Crow

      Affiliations

    • SANE POWIC, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK

Received 4 March 2004 ,Accepted 1 June 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00130-7

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.06.020

Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , 15 July 2005

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