Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 165-174 , October 2001

Treatment of mood-congruent psychotic depression with imipramine

  • J.A. Bruijn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P. Moleman

      Affiliations

    • Moleman Research, Amerongen, The Netherlands
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  • P.G.H. Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • W.W. van den Broek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 3 April 1998 ,Revised 8 June 2000 ,Accepted 9 August 2000.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 165-174 , October 2001

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