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Comment
. 2020 Dec;22(8):862-863.
doi: 10.1111/bdi.12893. Epub 2020 Mar 9.

Misinformed, misconducted, misguided and misrepresented meta-analyses. The use of antidepressants (AD) in major depressive disorders (MDD)

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Misinformed, misconducted, misguided and misrepresented meta-analyses. The use of antidepressants (AD) in major depressive disorders (MDD)

Maj Vinberg. Bipolar Disord. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: antidepressants; depression; meta-analyses.

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