Dose-dependent bradycardia with citalopram in an elderly patient

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Padala, Kalpana P ^a   Padala, Prasad R ^a   Wengel, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; CITALOPRAM; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PANIC; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78650500843     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.09l00789blu     Document Type: Letter

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