Depressive retardation and treatment with fluoxetine: Assessment of the motor component

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Sabbe, Bernard ^a,b   Van Hoof, Jacques ^c   Hulstijn, Wouter ^d   Zitman, Frans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Inst of Psychiatric Care Rosmalen   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR RETARDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030938560     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(96)01409-7     Document Type: Article

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