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Creatine Kinase Elevations with Clozapine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Matcheri S. Keshavan ,
John Stecker  and
R. Krishna Kambhampati
Matcheri S. Keshavan*
Affiliation:
Schizophrenia Inpatient Unit, University of Pittsburgh
John Stecker
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
R. Krishna Kambhampati
Affiliation:
Denton Regional Center, Flow Campus, 1310 Scripture Street, Denton, TX 76201
*
∗Correspondence
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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.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 118 - 120
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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