What do we really know about late-onset schizophrenia?

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-208

  Riecher Rössler, Anita ^a   Löffler, Walter ^a   Munk Jørgensen, Pøvl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Course; Epidemiology; Late paraphrenia; Late onset schizophrenia; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030847565     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900216     Document Type: Review

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