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The application of up-to-date biomedical technologies together with the acquisition of homogeneous epidemiological and clinical data coming from different geographical areas seem to indicate that the abnormalities of biological order play an important role in the pathogenetic mechanisms of schizophrenia.
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Cazzullo, C.L. et al. (1991). Virological and Immunological Study of Schizophrenic Patients in Relation to CT Scan Abnormality. In: Kurstak, E. (eds) Psychiatry and Biological Factors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5811-4_9
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