Is the superior efficacy of new generation antipsychotics an artifact of LOCF?

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Published in Schizophr Bull on August 11, 2006

Authors

Stefan Leucht1, Rolf R Engel, Josef Bäuml, John M Davis

Author Affiliations

1: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der TU-München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 München, Germany. stefan.leucht@lrz.tum.de

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