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Biological Studies of Schizophrenia with Childhood Onset

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Application of Basic Neuroscience to Child Psychiatry

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The literature concerning the biology of schizophrenia pertains almost exclusively to schizophrenia with adolescent or adult onset. Several recent publications on the biology, psychophysiology, and psychoneuroimmunology of schizophrenia in older adolescents and adults are available.1-4 The relative paucity of biological data on children appears to result from both the rarity of schizophrenia with childhood onset and the increased difficulties in undertaking research with children.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10016, USA

    Wayne H. Green

  2. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, 10016, USA

    Wayne H. Green

  3. Psychiatry Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20007, USA

    Stephen I. Deutsch

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20007, USA

    Stephen I. Deutsch

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    Stephen I. Deutsch

  2. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C, USA

    Stephen I. Deutsch

  3. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Green, W.H., Deutsch, S.I. (1990). Biological Studies of Schizophrenia with Childhood Onset. In: Deutsch, S.I., Weizman, A., Weizman, R. (eds) Application of Basic Neuroscience to Child Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0525-5_13

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