Zuclopenthixol-associated neutropenia and thrombocytopenia

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 740-742

  Hirshberg, Boaz ^a   Gural, Alexander ^a   Caraco, Yoseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neutropenia; Thrombocytopenia; Zuclopenthixol

Indexed keywords

ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOPENTHIXOL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PLATELET COUNT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034080336     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.18468     Document Type: Article

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