Serum folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine in major depressive disorder, part 1: Predictors of clinical response in fluoxetine-resistant depression

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1090-1095

  Papakostas, George I ^a   Petersen, Timothy ^a   Mischoulon, David ^a   Ryan, Julie L ^a   Nierenberg, Andrew A ^a   Bottiglieri, Teodoro ^b   Rosenbaum, Jerrold F ^a   Alpert, Jonathan E ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LITHIUM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DESIPRAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 4544374205     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v65n0810     Document Type: Article

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