Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Technology Assessment
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1366-5278,2046-4924
DOI: 10.3310/hta22670