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Antioxidants in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

J. Daniel Kanofsky Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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Reuven Sandyk Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
Pages 97-100 | Received 19 Apr 1991, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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