Melatonin for the treatment of sleep disturbances in major depressive disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1119-1121

  Dolberg, Ornah T ^a   Hirschmann, Schmuel ^a   Grunhaus, Leon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION;

EID: 0031870926     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.8.1119     Document Type: Article

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