The ABC schizophrenia study: A preliminary overview of the results

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 380-386

  Hafner H ^a   Maurer, K ^a   Loffler W ^a   An Der Heiden, W ^a   Munk Jorgensen P ^b   Hambrecht, M ^c   Riecher Rossler A ^d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031819508     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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