Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 534027, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/534027
Case Report

A False Case of Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia

J. P. Maia-de-Oliveira, J. P. Pinto, V. Alexandre Jr., J. P. Machado-de-Sousa, S. L. Morais, C. Chaves, A. C. Sakamoto, A. W. Zuardi, J. A. S. Crippa, and J. E. Hallak

Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (USP), Hospital das Clinicas, TerceiroAndar, AvenidaBandeirantes Campus Universitario, 3900, Ribeirao Preto, SP 14049-900, Brazil

Received 8 September 2009; Revised 18 January 2010; Accepted 19 January 2010

Academic Editor: S. Hossein Fatemi

Copyright © 2010 J. P. Maia-de-Oliveira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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