| Title |
Efficacy of vitamin C as an adjunct to fluoxetine therapy in pediatric major depressive disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2891-12-31 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mostafa Amr, Ahmed El-Mogy, Tarek Shams, Karen Vieira, Shaheen E Lakhan |
| Abstract |
Current antidepressants used to treat pediatric patients have the disadvantage of limited efficacy and potentially serious side effects. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of vitamin C as an adjuvant agent in the treatment of pediatric major depressive disorder in a six-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Australia | 2 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 18% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 122 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 23% |
| Researcher | 14 | 11% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 24% |
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