Clozapine use in diffuse Lewy body disease.
Diffuse Lewy body disease, a severely disabling neuropsychiatric disease, presents with progressive dementia, psychotic symptoms, depression, and parkinsonian symptoms. The authors report a case illustrating that clozapine, a novel neuroleptic drug, has special efficacy in treating psychotic symptoms in these patients.
Chacko
R C
RC
Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Hurley
R A
RA
Jankovic
J
J
D003024:Clozapine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003024:Clozapine