A Case of Convulsive Seizure Development Induced by Clozapine
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
;
: 135-141, 1999.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
The authors described a case of male schizophrenia who developed myoclonic jerk repeatedly and one episode of convulsive seizure during the treatment of clozapine. According to literatures and reported cases, myoclonic jerks induced in a small amount of clozapine may precede and predict the development of a convulsive seizure. Therefore clinicians have to pay attention to the development of a myoclonic jerk during the administration of clozapine. They may decrease the dosage of clozapine step by step at first in the convulsive state, and observe EEG changes of patients frequently.
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Main subject:
Schizophrenia
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Seizures
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Clozapine
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Electroencephalography
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Myoclonus
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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