Depression and aging too often do mix. Accurate recognition is half the battle

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-164

  Birrer, Richard B ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031687063     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1998.09.580     Document Type: Article

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