Ongoing pharmacotherapy maintains quality of life benefits in older adults with major depression

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Muthu K R Natarajan et al. Evid Based Ment Health. 2008 May.

. 2008 May;11(2):43.

doi: 10.1136/ebmh.11.2.43.

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