Title : [Effect of clozapine and risperidone on serum cytokine levels in patients with first-episode paranoid schizophrenia].

Pub. Date : 2004 Nov

PMID : 15567770






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1 RESULT: In patients treated with risperidone, the levels of serum IL-6 and IL-2 after 4 weeks, TNFalpha after 8 weeks, and IL-18 after 6 months were all significantly lowered in comparison with the pretreatment levels (P<0.01 or 0.05). Risperidone interleukin 6 Homo sapiens
2 CONCLUSION: Clozapine and risperidone have similar immunosuppression actions and may affect serum IL-6 levels in patients with paranoid schizophrenia, in the psychopathology of which the cytokines play their roles of various importance. Risperidone interleukin 6 Homo sapiens