Clozapine-Induced Seizures: Recognition and Treatment
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Can we prevent blood dyscrasia (leucopenia, thrombocytopenia) and epileptic seizures induced by clozapine.
Clozapine is associated with various haematological adverse effects, including leukopenia, neutropenia, agarnulocytosis, leukocytosis, anaemia, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia and thrombocythaemia. Recognition and treatment of clozapine-related seizures also will become increasingly important as clozapine use grows in the 1990s. The decision to stop clozapine as a result of haematological advers...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370705200708