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Clozapine induced encephalopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Michael J Hennessy ,
Catrin N Pugh ,
Charles M Wiles  and
Sarah E Watkins
Charles M Wiles
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales.
Sarah E Watkins
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Wales.
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Abstract

Clozapine has become a widely used drug in therapyresistant schizophrenia and, increasingly, in the levodopa-induced dyskinesias and the psychoses of chronic Parkinson's disease. We report the case of a 43 year old male patient who developed a reversible encephalopathy associated with clozapine therapy.

Keywords

ClozapineMyoclonusEncephalopathy.

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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 29 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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