Prediction of Response to Tricyclic Antidepressants with a Single Injection of Methyleamphetamine
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Twenty five patients of endogenous depression fulfilling Feighner's criteria were selected for this study. It was found that the patients who improved with methylamphetamine responded to imipramine and those who did not improve with methylamphetamine improved with amitriptyline.
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دوره 23 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1981