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Clozapine associated cardiomyopathy: a cluster of 3 cases

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  1. Dipartimento di Area Critica Medico-Chirurgica, Università di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Carlo Rostagno, Francesca Pastorelli & Gian Franco Gensini

  2. Dipartimento di Psichiatria, ASL 10 Firenze, Florence, Italy

    Sandro Domenichetti

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Rostagno, C., Domenichetti, S., Pastorelli, F. et al. Clozapine associated cardiomyopathy: a cluster of 3 cases. Intern Emerg Med 6, 281–283 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-010-0468-4

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