Open AccessAntipsychotic Drugs and Obesity: Is Prolactin Involved?
Author(s) -
Trino Baptista,
Anny Lacruz,
Teraiza Meza,
Quilianio Contreras,
Carlos Delgado,
Maria A Mejìas,
L Hernández
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/070674370104600906
Subject(s) - prolactin , medicine , body mass index , endocrinology , antipsychotic , obesity , anthropometry , outpatient clinic , population , waist , weight gain , waist–hip ratio , body weight , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , hormone , environmental health
To correlate the anthropometric indexes (Body Mass Index [BMI] and Waist-Hip ratio [WHR]) with the serum prolactin levels in a heterogeneous population of patients treated with typical antipsychotic (AP) drugs.
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