Lipid, and Body Mass Indices in Olanzapine-treated Schizophrenia Patients before and after Switching to Risperidone: a Prospective Trial
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time 1 may be because of our relatively small sample sizes or because the intrinsic group differences are hidden by the enlarging effect on the caudate nucleus with even a short period of neuroleptic exposure, and or of lithium. In future analyses, follow-up measures in this FE sample of SZ and psychotic affective subjects at MRI scan, time 2, will be of further interest to characterize more fully, over time, the effects of typical and novel neuroleptic and lithium medications on caudate nucleus volume. These effects may have functional consequences both in terms of efficacy and side effects such as EPS and tardive dyskinesia.
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