Schizophrenia throughout life: Sex differences in severity and profile of symptoms

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Gur, Raquel E ^a   Petty, Richard G ^a   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a   Gur, Ruben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030608060     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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