Articles by author - Jan Libiger

Adjunctive aripiprazole decreased metabolic side effects of clozapine treatment.

Masopust J, Tůma I, Libiger J.

Case Reports 2008; 29(4): 435-437 PubMed PMID: 18766167  Keywords:  Adult, Antipsychotic Agents:therapeutic use, Aripiprazole, Clozapine:adverse effects, Drug Therapy, Combination, Humans, Male, Piperazines:therapeutic use, Quinolones:therapeutic use, Schizophrenia, Paranoid:drug therapy, Weight Gain,.    Citation

: Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia. Clozapine treatment is associated with t.....

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D-serine serum levels in patients with schizophrenia: relation to psychopathology and comparison to healthy subjects.

Hons J, Zirko R, Ulrychova M, Cermakova E, Libiger J.

Journal Article 2008; 29(4): 485-492 PubMed PMID: 18766161  Keywords:  Antipsychotic Agents:therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Male, Schizophrenia:blood, Serine:blood, Statistics as Topic,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The main objective was to test the hypothesis of the association between D-serine serum levels and negative symptoms in patien.....

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The COMT Val158Met polymorphism is associated with novelty seeking in Czech methamphetamine abusers: preliminary results.

Hosák L, Libiger J, Cizek J, Beránek M, Cermáková E.

Journal Article 2006; 27(6): 799-802 PubMed PMID: 17187009  Keywords:  Adult, Catechol O-Methyltransferase:genetics, Czechoslovakia, Dopamine:metabolism, Exploratory Behavior:physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Methamphetamine, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Substance-Related Disorders:enzymology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Measurable traits of human personality may mark the predisposition to psychopathology. Increased novelty seeking plays an impo.....

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