Oxytocin in schizophrenia: a review of evidence for its therapeutic effects

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  2012

• Venue

  Acta Neuropsychiatrica

• Publication date

  2012-06-01

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  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2011.00634.xPMID 22736892PMCID PMC3378061
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