Long-term outcome studies of schizophrenia: Do females continue to display better outcome as expected?

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-418

  Harding, Courtenay M ^a   Morgain Hall, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9844260066     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775277     Document Type: Review

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