Carbamazepine for schizophrenia
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Case Report : Carbamazepine Therapy in Schizophrenia
9 cases of schizophrenia meeting Spitzer's Research Diagnostic Criteria and nonrespondent to conventional treatment were treated with carbamazepine, either alone or in combination with neuroleptics and 7 cases had shown improvement.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001258.pub3