Use of clozapine in 10 mentally retarded adults

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-95

  Buzan, Randall D ^a   Dubovsky, Steven L ^b   Firestone, Diane ^b   Dal Pozzo, Earlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; DROWSINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PANCREATITIS; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031942537     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.10.1.93     Document Type: Article

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