Careful monitoring for agranulocytosis during carbamazepine treatment [1]

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 310-311

  Daughton, Joan M ^a   Padala, Prasad R ^a   Gabel, Teri L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; THIORIDAZINE;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUTROPENIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RASH; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SORE THROAT;

EID: 33749511062     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v08n0510a     Document Type: Letter

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