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Calcium-Channel Blockade and Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Donald Eccleston  and
Andrew J. Cole
Donald Eccleston*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
Andrew J. Cole
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

A case of depressive disorder in which treatment resistance was associated with the calcium-channel blocker nifedipine is described.

Type
Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 889 - 891
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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