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The safety of clozapine in the elderly

Pietro Gareri Chair of Pharmacology University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, “Mater Domini” University Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy +39 0961 774424; +39 0961 774424; [email protected]; Operative Unit “Elderly Health Care”, ASP Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
, MD PhD,
Pasquale De Fazio Researcher, Chair of Psychiatry University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Mater Domini University Hospital, School of Medicine, Clinical Psychiatric Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
, MD,
Emilio Russo Chair of Pharmacology University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, “Mater Domini” University Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Norma Marigliano Chair of Pharmacology University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, “Mater Domini” University Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Salvatore De Fazio Chair of Pharmacology University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, “Mater Domini” University Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
, MD &
Giovambattista De Sarro Full Professor, Chair of Pharmacology University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, “Mater Domini” University Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Pages 525-538 | Published online: 01 Sep 2008

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