Clozapine: Its impact on aggressive behavior among children and adolescents with schizophrenia

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Kranzler, Harvey ^a   Roofeh, David ^b   Gerbino Rosen, Ginny ^a   Dombrowski, Carolyn ^b   McMeniman, Marjorie ^b   DeThomas, Courtney ^b   Frederickson, Anne ^b   Nusser, Laurie ^a   Bienstock, Mark D ^a   Fisch, Gene S ^c   Kumra, Sanjiv ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Clozapine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944425483     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000145371.23122.5a     Document Type: Article

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