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Splitting schizophrenia

Two papers in this issue, despite reporting apparently contradictory findings, pave the way for a genetic approach to the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

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Lander, E. Splitting schizophrenia. Nature 336, 105–106 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/336105a0

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