Clozapine and Heart in the Hunter Region

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-

  Tirupati, Srinivasan ^a  

^a Hunter New England Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPENIA;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CLOZAPINE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84992769705     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01748_1.x     Document Type: Article

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