Acute onset of ascites with clozapine-induced hepatitis [1]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-205

  Luo, D ^a   McColl, P ^a   Walmsley, R ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ASCITES; CLOZAPINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; PLEURISY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEROSITIS;

EID: 33847002651     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01300.x     Document Type: Letter

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