Pharmacologic prophylaxis of post-traumatic stress disorder

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¹ Medical Research Council Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa. djs2@sun.ac.za

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Daniel J Stein et al. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2004 Aug.

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¹ Medical Research Council Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa. djs2@sun.ac.za

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