Escitalopram in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Curr Med Res Opin on January 01, 2009

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Sidney H Kennedy1, Henning F Andersen, Michael E Thase

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1: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. sidney.kennedy@uhn.on.ca

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