Clozapine-induced seizures and EEG abnormalities in ambulatory psychiatric patients

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1147-1151

  Silvestri, Rosalia C ^a,b   Bromfield, Edward B ^a,b   Khoshbin, Shahram ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Epileptiform; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONREM SLEEP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031783666     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.18062     Document Type: Article

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