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Multidisciplinary consensus on prevention, screening and monitoring of clozapine-associated myocarditis and clozapine rechallenge after myocarditis: commentary, de Leon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2025

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Jose de Leon*
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Mental Health Research Center, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, USA Biomedical Research Centre in Mental Health Net (CIBERSAM), Santiago Apóstol Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain
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Correspondence: Jose de Leon. Email: jdeleon@uky.edu
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Clozapine/adverse effectsmyocarditisschizophrenia

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , First View , pp. 1 - 2
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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