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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 6, P779-782, June 1987

Verapamil in the treatment of recurrent unipolar depression

  • Mark H. Pollack
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. Mark H. Pollack, Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, ACC-715, Boston, MA 02114.
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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  • Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90212-5
Verapamil in the treatment of recurrent unipolar depression
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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: November 17, 1986
      Received: July 21, 1986

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90212-5

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      © 1987 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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