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Hypertension and increased serum clozapine associated with clozapine and fluoxetine in combination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with schizophrenia who demonstrated increased serum clozapine and norclozapine levels in association with hypertension, when treated with fluoxetine and clozapine in combination.

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Case Reports
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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