Schizophrenia Research
Volume 101, Issue 1 , Pages 234-241 , April 2008

An increased risk of stroke among young schizophrenia patients

  • Herng-Ching Lin

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing St., Taipei 110, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fei-Hsiu Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Taipei Medical University, College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Stefani Pfeiffer

      Affiliations

    • Department of History, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Yi-Ting Hwang

      Affiliations

    • National Taipei University, Department of Statistics, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Chien Lee

      Affiliations

    • Taipei Medical University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taipei Medical University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University & Hospital, 252 Wu-Hsing St., Taipei, 110, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2737 2181x3667; fax: +886 2 2378 9788.

Received 23 October 2007 ,Revised 30 November 2007 ,Accepted 23 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.12.485

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 101, Issue 1 , Pages 234-241 , April 2008

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