Folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine in major depressive disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 426-428

  Fava, Maurizio ^a   Borus, Joseph S ^b   Alpert, Jonathan E ^b   Nierenberg, Andrew A ^b   Rosenbaum, Jerrold F ^b   Bottiglieri, Teodoro ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030614878     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.3.426     Document Type: Article

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