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Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis Treated with Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ran Oren ,
Elaine Granat ,
Shlomo Shtrussberg  and
Yaacov Matzner
Ran Oren*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, PO Box 24035, Jerusalem 91240, Israel
Elaine Granat
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
Shlomo Shtrussberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital, Jerusalem
Yaacov Matzner
Affiliation:
Haematology Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Clozapine-induced agranulocytosis is usually reversible after discontinuation of the drug. A patient who developed agranulocytosis after termination of clozapine therapy responded to treatment with granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 686 - 687
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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