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. 2022 Feb:240:184-185.
doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.008. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Clozapine toxicity and coronavirus disease 2019: A case report

Maria Sagué-Vilavella  1 , Hugo López-Pelayo  2 , Néstor Arbelo  3 , Mercè Cámara  4 , Susana Gomes  5 , Santiago Madero  6 , Maria Teresa Pons-Cabrera  7 , Luis Pintor  8
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Clozapine toxicity and coronavirus disease 2019: A case report

Maria Sagué-Vilavella et al. Schizophr Res. 2022 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Clozapine; SARS-CoV-2; Schizophrenia; Toxicity.

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Conflict of interest statement

HLP has received travel grants from the laboratories honoraria and travel grants from Janssen and Lundbeck; none of them has relationship with this research.

The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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