Should every patient with stroke be on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?: No

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3152-3153

  Marshall, Randolph S ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; recovery; SSRI; stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STROKE;

EID: 84868213383     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.657627     Document Type: Note

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