Maintenance ketamine treatment produces long-term recovery from depression

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 48-50

  Messer, Michael M ^a   Haller, Irina V ^b  

^a SMDC Medical Center   (United States)

^b SMDC Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

EID: 77951706858     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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