A double-blind study of long-term treatment with sertraline or fluvoxamine for prevention of highly recurrent unipolar depression

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 104-107

  Franchini, Linda ^b   Gasperini, Mariangela ^b   Perez, Jorge ^b   Smeraldi, Enrico ^b   Zanardi, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0030937540     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v58n0303     Document Type: Article

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