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Uneventful Trifluoperazine (Stelazine) Therapy After Previous Granulocytic Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

George M. Simpson
George M. Simpson*
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Faculty Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, New York
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There are many reports referring to incidence of agranulocytosis in patients receiving phenothiazines. This and the potential hepatotoxic effect of this group of drugs have been the greatest drawback in their usage.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 107 , Issue 447 , March 1961 , pp. 258 - 260
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1961 

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