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Clozapine is an atypical neuroleptic indicated for use in treatment resistant schizophrenia patients. In addition to its established effectiveness as an antipsychotic agent clozapine possesses a profile of side effects that differs from other typical or atypical neuroleptics.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), Kansas, MO, USA

    Nash N. Boutros

  2. The Center for Behavioral Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), 1000 East 24th Street, Kansas, MO, 64108, USA

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Boutros, N.N. (2013). The Special Case of Clozapine. In: Standard EEG: A Research Roadmap for Neuropsychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04444-6_5

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