Antidepressant Use in Children With Cancer
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By Maryland Pao, MD, Elizabeth D. Ballard, and Julie M. Zito, PhD | October 10, 2009 Dr Pao is deputy clinical director at the NIMH, NIH in Bethesda, Md; Ms Ballard is a predoctoral fellow at the NIMH, NIH; Dr Zito is professor in the departments of pharmaceutical health servicesresearch and psychiatry at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. The authors report no conflicts of interest concerning the subject matter of this article.
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