Newer antidepressants and gabapentin for hot flashes: An individual patient pooled analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2831-2837

  Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Sloan, Jeff ^a   Stearns, Vered ^a   Slack, Rebecca ^a   Iyengar, Malini ^a   Diekmann, Brent ^a   Kimmick, Gretchen ^a   Lovato, James ^a   Gordon, Paul ^a   Pandya, Kishan ^a   Guttuso Jr , Thomas ^a   Barton, Debra ^a   Novotny, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; SERTRALINE; TAMOXIFEN; VENLAFAXINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINES; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649987119     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.6253     Document Type: Article

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