Clozapine-induced electroencephalogram changes as a function of clozapine serum levels

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-137

  Freudenreich, Oliver ^a   Weiner, Richard D ^b   McEvoy, Joseph P ^a  

^a John Umstead Hospital   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Electroencephalogram; Schizophrenia; Seizures; Serum level

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SLEEP;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOZAPINE; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030944756     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00298-3     Document Type: Article

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