A case of improvement of clozapine-induced low leukocyte counts by adenine, cepharanthin and ninjin-yoei-to in a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Abstract Background Although clozapine is the optimal drug for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, the drug has harmful adverse effects such as leukopenia. Adenine and cepharanthine are known to be effective for radiation- or drug-induced leukopenia. Furthermore, ninjin-yoei-to, a Chine...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Kamei, Ryota Tanaka, Hirofumi Hirakawa, Motoshi Iwao, Rikako Kawanaka, Ryosuke Tatsuta, Takeshi Terao, Hiroki Itoh
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/56cbba50404e4234bb5f13a27b4c2b41
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