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Brief report| Volume 28, ISSUE 12, P1061-1064, December 15, 1990

Triiodothyronine potentiation of tricyclic antidepressant treatment in patients with panic disorder

  • Murray B. Stein
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    Section on Anxiety and Affective Disorders, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Thomas W. Uhde
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    Address reprint requests to Thomas W. Uhde, M.D., Section on Anxiety and Affective Disorders, BPB, NIMH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MA 20892.
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    Section on Anxiety and Affective Disorders, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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