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  1. University Department of Psychiatry, The Warneford Hospital, OX3 7JX, Oxford, England

    T. J. Crow

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, 11794-9101, New York, USA

    Evelyn Bromet

  3. Department of Psychiatry Medical Research Foundation Building, The University of Western Australia, Level 3, Rear 50 Murray Street, Box X2213 GP, 6001, Perth, WA, Australia

    Assen Jablensky

  4. Genetics Section Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry & King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AF, London, UK

    Noriyoshi Takei, Robin R. Murray & Pak C. Sham

  5. Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Co. Dublin, Ireland

    Eadbhard O'Callaghan

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Crow, T.J., Takei, N., Murray, R.R. et al. Comments on Takei et al.: Prenatal exposure to influenza epidemics and the risk of mental retardation. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Nuerosci 245, 260–266 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191806

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