Carrie Bearden

Professor
University of California, Los Angeles

Carrie Bearden is professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

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Spectrum

Same DNA deletion paves paths to autism, schizophrenia

By Carrie Bearden
18 October 2016 | 5 min read

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