Impact of antipsychotic agents in bone mineral density of schizophrenic patients
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This study was carried out at the Schizophrenia Program at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. * Dietitian. Specialist in Clinical Nutrition. MSc. student, Graduate Program in Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. ** Dietitian. Specialist in Public Health. MSc. in Medicine: Psychiatry, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. *** Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia Program, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. PhD in Medicine: Medical Clinic, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. **** Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia Program, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. PhD in Medicine: Medical Clinic, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Member, Committee of Experts in Psychoactive Drugs, Coordination of Full Attention Policy to Mental Health, Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Health.
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