Clozapine eligibility: The effect of stringent criteria on ethnic, gender and age subgroups of schizophrenia patients

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1341-1352

  Juarez Reyes, Maria G ^a,c   Shumway, Martha ^a   Battle, Cynthia ^a   Bacchetti, Peter ^b   Hansen, Mary Susan ^a   Hargreaves, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

clozapine; eligibility; ethnic; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030296733     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(96)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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