Cortisolemia in First - Episode Schizophrenia

• Authors: ČEŠKOVÁ Eva; KAŠPÁREK Tomáš; PŘIKRYL Radovan; USTOHAL Libor
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Sveikatos ir medicinos informacijos agen
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Psychiatry, sexuology
• Keywords: Dexamethasone test; cortisolemia; first-episode schizophrenia; nonsupression
• Description: In first episode schizophrenia the short-term treatment led to decrease of cortisolemia and rates of nonsupression and an increase at a one-year follow-up. The DST nonsupression in the early phase phenomenon (alteration of illness may be of prognostic value and further corellates of this hippocampus) shoud be studied.

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