The effects of dothiepin on subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and depression

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 959-967

  Ash, G ^a   Dickens, C M ^b   Creed, F H ^b   Jayson, M I V ^b   Tomenson, B ^b  

^a SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antidepressant effects; Anxiety; Depression; Dothiepin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DOSULEPIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MOOD; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AFFECT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEPRESSION; DOTHIEPIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PLACEBOS;

EID: 0032728029     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.10.959     Document Type: Article

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