St John's wort for depression: What's the evidence?

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 274-276

  Kelly, Brendan D ^a  

^a St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035345602     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.5.1569     Document Type: Article

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