Cataract occurrence in patients treated with antipsychotic drugs Ocorrência de catarata em pacientes tratados com antipsicóticos

Cataract occurrence in patients treated with antipsychotic drugs Ocorrência de catarata em pacientes tratados com antipsicóticos

OBJECTIVE: Typical antipsychotic drugs, mainly phenothiazines, have been associated with cataract formation for over forty years. Recently, there has been a concern about atypical antipsychotic drugs' potential for inducing this lenticular pathology. Accordingly, we sought to determine the cata...

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Main Authors: Valéria Barreto Novais e Souza, Francisco José Rodrigues de Moura Filho, Fábio Gomes de Matos e Souza, Camila Farias Rocha, Fernando Antônio Mendes Lopes Furtado, Tiago Bessa Almeida Gonçalves, Karla Feitosa Ximenes Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Agentes antipsicóticos
Esquizofrenia
Catarata
Fatores de risco
Polimedicação
Antipsychotic agents
Schizophrenia
Cataract
Risk factors
Polypharmacy
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