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Case Reports
. 2000 Sep;10(5):385-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0924-977x(00)00096-1.

Olanzapine and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

L Lykouras  1 , I M Zervas, R Gournellis, M Malliori, A Rabavilas
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Olanzapine and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

L Lykouras et al. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2000 Sep.

Abstract

Clozapine and risperidone have been implicated in the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. We present three cases in which olanzapine caused a significant exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia (two cases) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (one case).

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