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Atypical Antipsychotics Linked With Weight Loss, Weight Gain in Geriatric Study
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Title Atypical Antipsychotics Linked With Weight Loss, Weight Gain in Geriatric Study
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571986?src=rss
Description A small chart review of 18 elderly long-term-care patients who received atypical antipsychotics found that 61% lost weight and only 33% gained weight. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Family Medicine
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Date Mar 27, 2008
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