Laboratory findings in acute schizophrenia: Relevance to medical management on emergency admission

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-227

  Hatta, Kotaro ^a   Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamashiro, Hisato ^a   Matszaki, Ichiyo ^c   Asukai, Nozomu ^d   Yonezawa, Yosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MUSCLE ENZYME; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033038054     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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