Creatine Kinase Elevations with Clozapine
- 2 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 164 (1) , 118-120
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.164.1.118
Abstract
We describe a patient with marked elevations of creatine kinase following institution of clozapine treatment. The enzyme levels promptly subsided with discontinuation of clozapine. The clinical features did not meet any of the published criteria for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.Keywords
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