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Enhancing central noradrenergic function in depression: is there still a place for a new antidepressant?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Roger M. Pinder
Roger M. Pinder*
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Medical Affairs, Organon International Inc, Roseland, NJ, USA
*
Roger M. Pinder, PhD, DSc, Vice-President Medical Affairs, CNS & Thrombosis, Organon International Inc, 56, Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, USA. Tel: (1) 973 325 4812; Fax: (1) 973 325 4699; E-mail: r.pinder@organonusa.com
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 185 - 189
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Copyright © 2004 Blackwell Munksgaard

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