Fluoxetine treatment of acral lick dermatitis in dogs: A placebo- controlled randomized double blind trial

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-23

  Wynchank, Dora ^a   Berk, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acral lick dermatitis; Fluoxetine; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LICKING; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; GROOMING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031689941     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)8:1<21::AID-DA4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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