Unexpected Falls During Clozapine Treatment Explained by Myoclonus

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2018 Jan 18;20(1):17l02151. doi: 10.4088/PCC.17l02151.

Authors

Betsy McCollum¹, Jaqueline Barclay¹, Jose de Leon^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
² UK Mental Health Research Center, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
³ Psychiatry and Neurosciences Research Group, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁴ Biomedical Research Centre in Mental Health Net (CIBERSAM), Santiago Apóstol Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain.

PMID: 29360288
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.17l02151

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls*
Adult
Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
Clozapine / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Myoclonus / chemically induced*
Myoclonus / complications
Schizophrenia / complications
Schizophrenia / drug therapy
Young Adult

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Clozapine