title: Steroid psychosis in a polyarteritis nodosa patient successfully treated with risperidone: tracking serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels longitudinally.
abstract: We previously reported a case in which steroid-induced psychosis was eliminated with risperidone treatment in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa (PN). In the present report, we longitudinally tracked the serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). We found that corticosteroid lowered serum BDNF levels, and improvement of psychiatric symptoms was intact with the serum BDNF levels seen in the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 8078555, Japan. yoshi621@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Reiji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tadanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Naoki
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authors.lastname: Yunoue
authors.forename: Wakako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Umene-Nakano
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamura