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Can Antidepressants Act as Potential Pro-neoplastic Agents in Patients with Neurotrophic Factor-Related Cancers?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Yung-Tian A. Gau ,
Chen-Jee Hong  and
Shih-Jen Tsai
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 849 - 850
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