Late onset clozapine induced agranulocytosis

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-427

  Velayudhan, Rajmohan ^a   Kakkan, Sushil ^b  

^a Perinthalmanna   (India)

^b KMCT Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; clozapine; granulocyte colony stimulating factor; neutropenia; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907570978     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.140738     Document Type: Article

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