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Original Paper

Granulocytopenia associated with neuroleptic therapy in a patient with benign familial leukopenia

Ilya Reznik Ness-Ziona/Beer-Yakov Regional Mental Health Center, Tel-HashomerCorrespondenceE-mail: [email protected]
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Ron Loewenthal Tissue Typing Unit, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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Moshe Kotler Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Ramat-Aviv
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Inna Apter Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv
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Roberto Mester Ness-Ziona/Beer-Yakov Regional Mental Health Center, Tel-Hashomer
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Abraham Weizman Tissue Typing Unit, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
Pages 277-280 | Received 04 Mar 2003, Accepted 11 Jul 2003, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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