Chronic leukocytosis associated with clozapine: A case series [2]

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-488

  Madhusoodanan, Subramoniam ^a   Cuni, Louis ^a   Brenner, Ronald ^a   Sajatovic, Martha ^b   Palekar, Nikhil ^c   Amanbekova, Dinara ^c  

^a ST JOHN S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FUROSEMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE; IBUPROFEN; METFORMIN; MEVINOLIN; MOLINDONE; NISOLDIPINE; OLANZAPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; QUETIAPINE; RANITIDINE; RISEDRONIC ACID; RISPERIDONE; TERAZOSIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; ZOLPIDEM;

ANAMNESIS; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 33947732834     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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