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Treatment of psychosis in Huntington's disease with clozapine
Author(s) -
Majothi Naeema,
Lee Hean Yeung,
Nagarajan Pankajam,
Vutla Raghu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.664
Subject(s) - clozapine , psychosis , huntington's disease , disease , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
There is limited evidence relating to the treatment of psychotic symptoms in Huntington's disease (HP); therefore, treatment decisions are based on clinical consensus and expert opinion. In this article, Dr Majothi et al. describe the use of clozapine in an unlicensed manner in HP, which proved to be safe and effective.