Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in individuals with disease associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine: a series of 4 cases. [PDF]
, 2014 Exposure to levamisole-adulterated cocaine can induce a distinct clinical syndrome characterized by retiform purpura and/or agranulocytosis accompanied by an unusual constellation of serologic abnormalities including antiphospholipid antibodies, lupus ...
Butcher, Brad +6 more
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Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2017 Antithyroid drugs can be a rare cause of agranulocytosis (0.5% of treated patients). Suspension of these drugs is mandatory in these patients and may result in worsening hyperthyroidism.
Anna Candoni
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Atypical antipsychotic therapy in Parkinson's disease psychosis: A retrospective study. [PDF]
, 2017 ObjectiveParkinson's disease psychosis (PDP) is a frequent complication of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD) with significant impact on quality of life and association with poorer outcomes.
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019 Background/Purpose: Physicians' and dentists' knowledge of levamisole-induced agranulocytosis or pancytopenia remains incomplete. This study aimed to evaluate the treatment effectiveness of levamisole plus prednisolone on oral lichen planus (OLP ...
Shin-Yu Lu, Tzu-Fan Chang, Chih-Jen Lin
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Ceftriaxone-induced Agranulocytosis
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021 Ceftriaxone is a widely used antibiotic regarded as safe and effective. Drug-induced agranulocytosis is a life-threatening adverse reaction and few reports related to ceftriaxone were found in a review of the literature.
Lénio Couto +6 more
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Association of HLA-B∗38:02 with Antithyroid Drug-Induced Agranulocytosis in Kinh Vietnamese Patients
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2018 Background. HLA-B∗38:02 has been shown to be associated with antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis in Asian patients. Methods. HLA-B∗38:02 was analyzed by sequence-based typing in 21 patients who developed antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis and ...
Mai Phuong Thao +7 more
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Genome-wide common and rare variant analysis provides novel insights into clozapine-associated neutropenia [PDF]
, 2017 The antipsychotic clozapine is uniquely effective in the management of schizophrenia; however, its use is limited by its potential to induce agranulocytosis.
Alfirevic, A. +59 more
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Clozapine as add-on medication in the maintenance treatment of bipolar and schizoaffective disorders - A case series [PDF]
, 2002 Atypical neuroleptics are increasingly used in the treatment of bipolar and schizoaffective disorders. Currently, numerous controlled short-term studies are available for clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone or quetiapine, but long-term data are still ...
Amann, B. +5 more
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Carbamazepine-induced Life-threatening Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Agranulocytosis: The Maiden Case [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Stevens-Johnson syndrome is one of the few dermatological emergencies in clinical practice. The syndrome is often secondary to the usage of drugs, of which allopurinol, penicillins, sulfa drugs, ibuprofen, sodium valproate, phenytoin, lamotrigine and ...
A. Avinash +4 more
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Antigenicity of chlorpromazine and clozapine to rabbits [PDF]
, 1970 Antigenicity of clozapine was studied in rabbits, comparing with that of chlorpromazine as control. The results indicate that chlorpromazine produces antibody in rabbit as revealed by passive hemagglutination test, giving the titer of 1 : 2, 000 or ...
Seno, Satimaru +2 more
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