[Do post-mortem brain studies provide useful information for psychiatry?].

Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment

Departamento de Especialidades Médico-Quirúrgicas, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, España; Instituto Vasco de Medicina Legal, Bilbao, España.

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