Delusional Misidentification Syndromes: Drug Treatment Options

CNS Drugs

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-102

  Silva, J Arturo ^a,c   Leong, Gregory B ^b   Miller, Alexander L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE; ZOTEPINE;

DELUSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030040663     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-199605020-00002     Document Type: Article

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