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Comment on: “Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)”

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 27 October 2018

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia

    Maurizio Stefani

  2. St. Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia

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Stefani, M. Comment on: “Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)”. Drugs Aging 35, 1119–1120 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0605-8

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