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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis Following Olanzapine Treatment and 759C/T Polymorphism of HTR2C Gene: A Case Report.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Rizos Emmanouil, Tournikioti Kalliopi, Alevyzakis Evangelos, Peppa Melpomeni, Papazaxos Konstantinos, Zorbas Georgios, Michopoulos Ioannis, Liappas Ioannis, Papageorgiou Charalampos, Douzenis Athanasios
Abstract excerpt
Acute pancreatitis can be attributed to numerous potential causes, such as alcohol abuse, chololithiasis, infection, lesions, tumors, hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia, and medications. Among psychotropic medications, the use of some atypical antipsychotics, such as clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine and risperidone, has been implicated in the development of acute pancreatitis, although the underlying mechanism has...
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