Therapeutic drug monitoring of atypical antipsychotic drugs
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of atypical antipsychotic drugs.
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder often associated with cognitive impairment and affective, mainly depressive, symptoms. Antipsychotic medication is the primary intervention for stabilization of acute psychotic episodes and prevention of recurrences and relapses in patients with schizophrenia. Typical antipsychotics, the older class of antipsychotic agents, are currently used much ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Pharmaceutica
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1846-9558
DOI: 10.2478/acph-2014-0036