Meta‐analysis examining the epidemiology of clozapine‐associated neutropenia
@article{Myles2018MetaanalysisET, title={Meta‐analysis examining the epidemiology of clozapine‐associated neutropenia}, author={Nicholas Myles and Hannah Myles and Shelley Xia and Matthew Large and Stephen R. Kisely and Cherrie A Galletly and Robert J Bird and Dan J. Siskind}, journal={Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica}, year={2018}, volume={138} }
Clozapine is associated with life‐threatening neutropenia. There are no previous meta‐analyses of the epidemiology of clozapine‐associated neutropenia.
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