Clozapine-induced hypersensitivity myocarditis

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1703-1705

  Pieroni, Maurizio ^a   Cavallaro, Roberto ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a   Frustaci, Andrea ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Drug hypersensitivity; Endomyocardial biopsy; Myocarditis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGRANULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 8744309114     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1703     Document Type: Article

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