Quetiapine for elderly non-responsive schizophrenia patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 265-267

  Mazeh, Doron ^a   Paleacu, Diana ^a   Barak, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Quetiapine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 36448940117     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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