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Theme: Schizophrenia - Review

New second-generation long-acting injectable antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia

Leslie Citrome Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA. [email protected]
Pages 767-783 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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