Hyperprolactinemia and insulin resistance in drug naive patients with early onset first episode psychosis

Abstract Background Hyperprolactinemia and glucose and lipid metabolism abnormalities are often found in patients with schizophrenia and are generally considered secondary to the use of antipsychotic drugs. More recent studies have shown these same neuroendocrine and metabolic abnormalities in antip...

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Main Authors: Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Mariella Margari, Antonia Peschechera, Concetta de Giambattista, Andrea De Giacomo, Emilia Matera, Francesco Margari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1827-3