Efficacy of citalopram in treatment of pathological skin picking, a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-372

  Arbabi, M ^a   Farnia, V ^a   Balighi, K ^b   Mohammadi, M R ^a   Nejati Safa, A A ^a   Yazdchi, K ^a   Golestan, B ^b   Darvish, F ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PICKING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 57349176957     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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