Heuristic comparison of sertraline with nortriptyline for the treatment of depression in frail elderly patients

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-149

  Oslin, David W ^a   Streim, Joel E ^a   Katz, Ira R ^a   Smith, Buster D ^a   DiFilippo, Suzanne D ^a   Ten Have, Thomas R ^a   Cooper, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034050704     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200005000-00009     Document Type: Article

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