Gender differences in never-medicated first-episode schizophrenia and medicated chronic schizophrenia patients

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1025-1033

  Zhang, Xiang Yang ^a   Chen, Da Chun ^b   Xiu, Mei Hong ^b   De Yang, Fu ^b   Haile, Colin N ^a   Kosten, Therese A ^a   Kosten, Thomas R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PERPHENAZINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84864401209     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07422     Document Type: Article

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