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Treatment of psychogenic polydipsia: comparison of risperidone and olanzapine, and the effects of an adjunctive angiotensin-II receptor blocking drug (irbesartan)

David Kruse Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Veterans' Psychiatry Unit, Melbourne, Australia
,
Christos Pantelis Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research and Academic Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Mental Health Research Institute, Sunshine Hospital, 176 Furlong Road, St Albans, Victoria, 3021, Australia
,
Ray Rudd Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, Victoria, 3021, Australia
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Joy Quek Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Veterans' Psychiatry Unit, Melbourne, Australia
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Penny Herbert Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, Victoria, 3021, Australia
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Michael McKinley Howard Florey Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Pages 65-68 | Received 05 Jan 2000, Accepted 04 Oct 2000, Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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