Weekly Pimozide Versus Fluphenazine Decanoate in Schizophrenic Out-And Day-Patients
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Fluphenazine Decanoate in Chronic Schizophrenia
Introduction of chlorpromazine by Delay and Danikcr in 1952 revolutionized the treatment of acute schizophrenia. However, chronic form of the illness still remains a challenge, mainly because of noncompliance of the patients with the therapeutic regimen (Diamond and Marks, 1960; Olson and Peterson, 1960; Hare and Willcox, 1967 ; Wilson and Enoch, 1967 and Ayd, 1975). Another factor is the errat...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000116691