St John's wort for depression

Medicine Today

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-68

  Mitchell, Philip B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DIGOXIN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; GERMANY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33847781644     PISSN: 1443430X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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