Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 155-157 , 30 May 2007

Blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety in schizophrenia

  • Mark H. Townsend

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States. Tel.: +1 504 897 8558; fax: +1 504 897 3427.
    • ,
  • Margaret B. Baier

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • ,
  • Jonathan E. Becker

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Ritchie

      Affiliations

    • Solutions Psychiatric Associates, Los Gatos, California, USA

Received 23 March 2005 ,Revised 17 November 2005 ,Accepted 4 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 155-157 , 30 May 2007

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