Symptoms in neuroleptic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia: Response to risperidone

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 296-298

  Kopala, L C ^a   Fredrikson, D ^b   Good, K P ^a   Honer, W G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug naive; Risperidone; Schizophrenia; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029931091     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00500-5     Document Type: Article

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