Sexual functioning in depressed outpatients taking mirtazapine

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 175-179

  Boyarsky, Beth K ^a,b   Haque, Waheedul ^a   Rouleau, Mark R ^a   Hirschfeld, Robert M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2 serotonin antagonists; Alpha adrenergic antagonists; Depression; Sexual dysfunction antidepressants

Indexed keywords

MIRTAZAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0033017402     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1999)9:4<175::AID-DA5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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