Human leukocyte antigen typing, response to neuroleptics, and clozapine-induced agranulocytosis in Jewish Israeli schizophrenic patients

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Meged, S ^a,c   Stein, D ^a   Sitrota, P ^a   Melamed, Y ^a   Elizur, A ^a   Shmuelian, I ^b   Gazit, E ^b  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Abarbanel Mental Health Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; Clozapine; Human leukocyte antigen; Neuroleptics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HLA ANTIGEN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033303281     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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