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Herbert Y. Meltzer

Researcher at Northwestern University

Publications -  1154
Citations -  84676

Herbert Y. Meltzer is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Clozapine & Schizophrenia. The author has an hindex of 137, co-authored 1148 publications receiving 81371 citations. Previous affiliations of Herbert Y. Meltzer include Hacettepe University & United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Clozapine for the treatment-resistant schizophrenic. A double-blind comparison with chlorpromazine

TL;DR: In this relatively brief study, the apparently increased comparative risk of agranulocytosis requires that the use of clozapine be limited to selected treatment-resistant patients.
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Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia

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Morphometric evidence for neuronal and glial prefrontal cell pathology in major depression

TL;DR: In this article, computer assisted cell counting was used to reveal abnormal cytoarchitecture in left rostral and caudal orbitofrontal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortical regions in subjects with major depression as compared to psychiatrically normal controls.
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Classification of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on the basis of dopamine D-1, D-2 and serotonin2 pKi values.

TL;DR: The pKi values of 13 reference typical and 7 reference atypical antipsychotic drugs (APDs) for rat striatal dopamine D-1 and D-2 receptors binding sites and cortical serotonin (5-HT2) receptor binding sites were determined.
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Clozapine treatment for suicidality in schizophrenia: International Suicide Prevention Trial (InterSePT).

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TL;DR: It is suggested that clozapine therapy significantly reduces suicidal behavior in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder at high risk for suicide, and use of clozAPine in this population should lead to a significant reduction in suicidal behavior.