Gender and schizophrenia: Association of age at onset with antecedent, clinical and outcome features

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-423

  Gureje, Oye ^a   Bamidele, Rotimi W ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Gender; Onset; Outcome; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ONSET AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031749480     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809065536     Document Type: Article

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