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Human leukocyte antigen typing, response to neuroleptics, and clozapine-induced agranulocytosis in jewish Israeli schizophrenic patients.
International clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Sept 1999
Meged S, Stein D, Sitrota P, Melamed Y, Elizur A, Shmuelian I, Gazit E
Abstract excerpt
The atypical antipsychotic agent clozapine is known to be effective in schizophrenic patients refractory to other medications; however, it induces agranulocytosis in approximately 1-2%. In Jews, this complication is associated with the haplotype HLA B38,DR4,DQ3. The aim of the present study was to determine which human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antigens are involved in clozapine-induced agranulocytosis. We...
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