Profiling of CSF: Small Subgroups
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This very encouraging article [1] is based on relatively small subgroups of patients. That in itself does not invalidate the conclusions, providing that the subjects in each group have the same illness.
I recently reported that many detained psychiatric inpatients had not been fully investigated to exclude organic causes of their seeming first episode of schizophrenic-like psychosis [2].
These authors state that their patients had DSM-IV–diagnosed schizophrenia, which excludes organic causation. What investigations did they do to ensure that their clinical sample had no organic precipitants
References
Holmes E, Tsang TM, Huang JTJ, Leweke FM, Koethe D, et al. (2006) Metabolic profiling of CSF: Evidence that early intervention may impact on disease progression and outcome in schizophrenia. PLoS Med 3: e327–DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030327 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030327.
Hambidge D (2005) Secondary schizophrenia. PLoS Med 2: e279–DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020279.(Dave Hambridge)
This very encouraging article [1] is based on relatively small subgroups of patients. That in itself does not invalidate the conclusions, providing that the subjects in each group have the same illness.
I recently reported that many detained psychiatric inpatients had not been fully investigated to exclude organic causes of their seeming first episode of schizophrenic-like psychosis [2].
These authors state that their patients had DSM-IV–diagnosed schizophrenia, which excludes organic causation. What investigations did they do to ensure that their clinical sample had no organic precipitants
References
Holmes E, Tsang TM, Huang JTJ, Leweke FM, Koethe D, et al. (2006) Metabolic profiling of CSF: Evidence that early intervention may impact on disease progression and outcome in schizophrenia. PLoS Med 3: e327–DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030327 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030327.
Hambidge D (2005) Secondary schizophrenia. PLoS Med 2: e279–DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020279.(Dave Hambridge)