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Commentaries on “First-Rank Symptoms or Rank-and-File Symptoms?”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

William T. Carpenter Jr. ,
P. McGuffin ,
C. S. Mellor ,
E. Fuller Torrey ,
J. O'Grady ,
J. R. Geddes ,
G. Christofi ,
D. L. Sackett ,
J. Wing  and
H. Häfner
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William T. Carpenter Jr.
Affiliation:
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, P. O. Box 21247, Baltimore, Maryland 21228
P. McGuffin
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN
C. S. Mellor
Affiliation:
General Adult Psychiatry, P.O. Box 399, Chiuiwack, B.C., V2P 6JT
E. Fuller Torrey
Affiliation:
Research Hospital, 2700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20032
J. O'Grady
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
J. R. Geddes
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
G. Christofi
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
D. L. Sackett
Affiliation:
National Health Service R&D Programme Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford-Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford
J. Wing
Affiliation:
College Research Unit, 11 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EE
H. Häfner
Affiliation:
Central Institute for Mental Health, D-68159 Mannheim, Germany
T. J. Crow
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford OX3 7JX
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 169 , Issue 5 , November 1996 , pp. 541 - 550
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