Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:1069-1071
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Clozapine and seizures

E Haller and RL Binder
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.

Clozapine is a newly released antipsychotic that is associated with a higher prevalence of seizures than traditional neuroleptics. The authors describe four patients who developed seizure activity during clozapine treatment and provide recommendations for clinical management of this problem.

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