But only long-term follow-up of this important study will tell.

"No. 2, the need for long-term medical follow-up of this population is absolutely clear."

A long-term follow-up of study subjects from the first two phases is ongoing.

There has been very little research conducted on this condition and hardly any long-term follow-ups.

Long-term follow-up of patients hospitalized for schizophrenia, 1913 to 1940.

This was a large study with a moderately long-term follow-up of age 4 for the first-born child.

Part of long-term follow-up should also be focused on appropriate screening for educational and vocational services.

Furthermore, preliminary analysis of a long-term follow-up to the study suggest benefits were maintained more than a year after the final treatment.

Long-term follow-up with these patients was not done, however, so it is not known how long the benefits lasted after treatment.

"Studies such as this provide some valuable insights and generate additional research questions, but long-term follow-up is crucial."