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Psychiatry

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological and somatic interventions in adult patients with treatment-resistant depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Pages 701-711 | Received 07 Sep 2016, Accepted 23 Dec 2016, Published online: 06 Feb 2017

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