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Clozapine, relapse and adverse events: 10-year electronic cohort study in Canada: commentary, Kikuchi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2025

Yuki Kikuchi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and Department of Psychiatry, Kodama Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan
*
Correspondence: Yuki Kikuchi. Email: [email protected]

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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