Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 1 , Pages 27-34 , January 2010

The quality of life among first-episode psychotic patients in the opus trial

Received 15 January 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 October 2009.

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Schizophrenia Research
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