Amitriptyline v. the rest: still the leading antidepressant after 40 years of randomised controlled trials.

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Published in Br J Psychiatry on February 01, 2001

Authors

C Barbui1, M Hotopf

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, and Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Milan, Italy. barbui@marionegri.it

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