Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis may be associated with clozapine

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-345

  Werring, David ^a   Hacking, Daniel ^b   Losseff, Nicholas ^a   Jäger, H Rolf ^a   Walsh, Marian ^c   Foong, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; FLUPENTIXOL; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CLOZAPINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70349635126     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.3.343a     Document Type: Letter

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