Are older antipsychotic drugs obsolete?
- PMID: 16763227
- PMCID: PMC1476714
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1346
Are older antipsychotic drugs obsolete?
Comment in
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New antipsychotic agents are much awaited.BMJ. 2006 Jun 24;332(7556):1511. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7556.1511. BMJ. 2006. PMID: 16793829 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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