Clozapine-induced stuttering: A case report and analysis of similar case reports in the literature

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 703.e1-703.e3

  Grover, Sandeep ^a   Verma, Anant Kumar ^a   Nebhinani, Naresh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENING DOSAGE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STUTTERING;

EID: 84867841901     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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