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The present paper summarizes work carried out at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, over the last few years. The studies deal with the possibility of finding chemical parameters useful for the selection of drugs and their dosage to treat psychotic patients.
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Sedvall, G. et al. (1977). Central Biochemical Correlates to Antipsychotic Drug Action in Man. In: Gershon, E.S., Belmaker, R.H., Kety, S.S., Rosenbaum, M. (eds) The Impact of Biology on Modern Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0778-5_3
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