Serum triglyceride levels in patients treated with clozapine

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2079-2081

  Ghaeli, Padideh ^a,b   Dufresne, Robert L ^b,c  

^a ValueRx HPI and Taunton State Hosp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CLOZAPINE; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029780507     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.17.2079     Document Type: Article

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