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The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in geriatric depression: a review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Richard Marc Patel  and
George T Grossberg
Richard Marc Patel*
Affiliation:
Stanford University Hospitals, Psychiatry, Stanford, California
George T Grossberg
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University Medical Center, Psychiatry, St Louis, Missouri, USA
*
Richard Marc Patel, 45 Montcalm Street, San Francisco, California 94110, USA.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 442 - 455
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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