Blood concentrations of anterior pituitary hormones in drug-naïve people with first-episode psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Daniele CavaleriChiara Alessandra CapogrossoPierluca GuzziGianna BernasconiMartina ReBłażej MisiakCristina CrocamoFrancesco BartoliGiuseppe Carrà

Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology (2023)

Drug-naïve people with FEP have altered ACTH, PRL, and TSH blood concentrations, supporting the hypothesis that an abnormal anterior pituitary hormone secretion may be involved in the onset of schizophrenia and psychoses. Further research is needed to elucidate the role of pituitary hormones in FEP.

Keyphrases

growth hormone
bipolar disorder
adverse drug
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drug induced
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