Citalopram in patients with fibromyalgia - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-35

  Anderberg, Ulla Maria ^a   Marteinsdottir, Ina ^a   Von Knorring, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Citalopram; Fibromyalgia; Pain

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREMOR; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0034012954     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eujp.1999.0148     Document Type: Article

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