Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Very Late-Onset Neutropenia in a Japanese Schizophrenia Patient Treated with Clozapine

Abstract

Reiji Yoshimura, Naoyuki Takashima and Jun Nakamura

We here reported a chronic schizophrenia patient who occurred neutropenia 13 years after starting clozapine. Thus, once clozapine is administered, the lifelong regular monitoring of the patient’s total WBC count should be done.