Antidepressant drugs in cancer patients: The case of escitalopram

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 119-

  Tsali, Lamprini ^a   Bristianou, Magdalini ^a   Valachis, Antonis ^b   Mauri, Davide ^a   Barotsis, Nikolaos ^b   Bellou, Evangelia ^c  

^a General Hospital of Lamia   (Greece)

^b Department of Medical Oncology ^*  (Greece)

^c Ambulatory Psychiatry   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTISONE; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; MANNITOL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TEMOZOLOMIDE; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MOOD DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 70349249873     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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