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There have been only two previous reports of paroxetine-induced corrected QT (QTc) prolongation on electrocardiogram (ECG). Here, we report a 43-year-old woman with QTc prolongation (476 ms). She had taken 50 mg of paroxetine for 17 days. Three days after discontinuation of paroxetine, QTc returned to within the normal limits (396 ms). Paroxetine blocks the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HER...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Scripta Medica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2490-3329,2303-7954
DOI: 10.5937/scriptamed1201036m