Schizophrenia in later life

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-427

  Barclay, Lee ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033916742     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200007000-00010     Document Type: Review

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