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Can Quality of Life be Improved in Schizophrenia? Results From A Pragmatic, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Olanzapine with First Generation Antipsychotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2007

Maurício Silva de Lima ,
Alan Breier  and
Jair de Jesus Mari
Maurício Silva de Lima
Affiliation:
Medical Director, Eli Lilly Brazil; Federal University of Pelotas and Catholic University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Email: [email protected]
Alan Breier
Affiliation:
Chief Medical Officer, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, US. Email: Alan_Breier/AM/[email protected]
Jair de Jesus Mari
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo and Catholic University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil; Email: [email protected]
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Keywords

schizophreniaantipsychoticsquality of lifepragmaticrandomized trial.
Type
Review Article
Information
Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 239 - 250
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Data reported here has been published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2005, 66, 831–838.

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