Maintaining clozapine treatment during chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1611-1612

  Frieri, Tiziana ^a   Barzega, Giulio ^a   Badà, Alessandra ^a   Villari, Vincenzo ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; RETREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 47749118707     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.05.017     Document Type: Letter

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