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Schizophrenia: are some food-derived polypeptides pathogenic? Coeliac disease as a model

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The Biological Basis of Schizophrenia

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The first purpose of this paper is to present some evidence supporting the hypothesis that one or more components of cereal grains (and possibly other foods) are the major environmental factor which evokes schizophrenia in those hereditarily susceptible to it.

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  1. The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain, UK

    Gwynneth Hemmings

  2. University College of North Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

    W. A. Hemmings

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Dohan, F.C. (1978). Schizophrenia: are some food-derived polypeptides pathogenic? Coeliac disease as a model. In: Hemmings, G., Hemmings, W.A. (eds) The Biological Basis of Schizophrenia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6206-7_15

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