Familial concordance of fluvoxamine response as a tool for differentiating mood disorder pedigrees.

doi:10.1016/S0022-3956(98)00004-1

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Familial concordance of fluvoxamine response as a tool for differentiating mood disorder pedigrees.

Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2000

Franchini L, Serretti A, Gasperini M, Smeraldi E

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Concordance to antidepressant response in members of the same family is a common observation in clinical practice. However, few published data support this view; moreover families with affected members responder to the same antidepressant have been poorly studied. We have analyzed 45 pairs consis...

Topics

Adult
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Bipolar Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Female
Fluvoxamine
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Treatment Outcome

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