Folate levels in psychiatric outpatients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-533

  Herran A ^a   Garcia Unzueta M T ^a   Amado, J A ^a   Lopez Cordovilla J J ^a   Diez Manrique J F ^a   Vazquez Barquero J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Folate; Mental disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032782923     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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