Aripiprazole Use in Early Pregnancy: A Case Report

Pharmacopsychiatry 2012; 45(07): 299-300
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312591

Letter

Authors

C. G. Widschwendter

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Biological Psychiatry Division, Innsbruck, Austria
A. Hofer

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Biological Psychiatry Division, Innsbruck, Austria

schizophrenia - antipsychotic drugs - pregnancy

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