Clozapine-induced myocarditis in an adolescent male with DiGeorge Syndrome
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Clozapine-induced myocarditis
Approved in 1989 for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, Clozapine is a last-line atypical antipsychotic drug used with increasing frequency. In addition to its well-known side effect of agranulocytosis, this drug also carries with it rare but serious adverse cardiovascular risk of myocarditis. We present a patient on Clozapine who was admitted to the cardiology service with ch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mental Health Clinician
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2168-9709
DOI: 10.9740/mhc.2018.11.313