Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 64-66 , June 2010

No gross abnormality of plasma homocysteine after acute methionine loading in clinically stabilized patients with schizophrenia

Received 31 March 2009 ,Revised 31 January 2010 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.004

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 64-66 , June 2010

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