Bradycardia during citalopram treatment: A case report

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-150

  Favre, Marie Pascale ^a   Sztajzel, Juan ^a   Bertschy, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Citalopram

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

EID: 0033083769     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0419     Document Type: Article

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