Desvenlafaxine and weight change in major depressive disorder

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tourian, Karen A ^a   Leurent, Claire ^a   Graepel, Jay ^b   Ninan, Philip T ^b  

^a Division Wyeth Research   (United States)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESVENLAFAXINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77956200828     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.08m00746blu     Document Type: Article

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