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Establishing the characteristics of an effective pharmacogenetic test for clozapine-induced agranulocytosis.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Oct 2015
Verbelen M, Collier D A, Cohen D, MacCabe J H, Lewis C M
Abstract excerpt
Clozapine is the only evidence-based therapy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but it induces agranulocytosis, a rare but potentially fatal haematological adverse reaction, in less than 1% of users. To improve safety, the drug is subject to mandatory haematological monitoring throughout the...
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