Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis: Is Mandatory Monitoring Warranted for Its Early Recognition?

Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic used for treatment resistant schizophrenia. Its potential to induce agranulocytosis is well known but it can also cause myocarditis. Clozapine is the only antipsychotic known to induce this side effect, typically early in the treatment, and literature is scarc...

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Main Authors: T. A. Munshi, D. Volochniouk, T. Hassan, N. Mazhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/513108
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