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Brief report| Volume 40, ISSUE 12, P1298-1300, December 15, 1996

Efficacy and tolerance of D-cycloserine in drug-free schizophrenic patients

  • Bart N.M. van Berckel
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    Address reprint requests to Bart N.M. van Berckel, University Hospital Utrecht, Department of Psychiatry, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Ron Hijman
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Jeroen A. van der Linden
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Herman G.M. Westenberg
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Jan M. van Ree
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • René S. Kahn
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Utrecht and the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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