Antidepressants for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2003, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kapczinski, Flávio ^a   dos Santos Souza, Juliano Jss ^b   Batista Miralha da Cunha, Angelo Abc ^b   Schmitt, Ricardo Rs ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 18544401790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003592     Document Type: Review

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