Therapeutic drug monitoring of atypical antipsychotics.
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatria Polska
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0033-2674,2391-5854
DOI: 10.12740/pp/65307