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A genome wide linkage study of obesity as secondary effect of antipsychotics in multigenerational families of eastern Quebec affected by psychoses.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Dec 2004
Chagnon Y C, Mérette C, Bouchard R H, Emond C, Roy M-A, Maziade M
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Antipsychotics can induce in schizophrenic (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) patients serious body weight changes that increase risk for noncompliance to medication, and risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. A genetic origin for this susceptibility to weight changes has been hypothesized be...
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