Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 1 January 2004

Academic deterioration prior to first episode schizophrenia in young Singaporean males

  • Yong-Guan Ang

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Care Centre, Military Medicine Institute, Headquarters Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore
    • ,
  • Hao-Yang Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65-67724511; fax: +65-67772191

Received 3 October 2002 ,Revised 4 August 2003 ,Accepted 16 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00257-9

Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 1 January 2004

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