Necessary forgetting: On the use of propranolol in post-traumatic stress disorder management

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 27-28

  Rosenberg, Leah B ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1255 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

BIOETHICS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEMORY; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34548575334     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701518524     Document Type: Note

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