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Reports of Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma-Related Adverse Events with SSRIs: Results of a Disproportionality Analysis

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The authors are employees of Pfizer Inc, which manufactures and markets sertraline.

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  1. Risk Management Strategy, Pfizer Inc., New York, New York, USA

    Manfred Hauben & Lester Reich

  2. Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Manfred Hauben

  3. Departments of Pharmacology and Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

    Manfred Hauben

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Hauben, M., Reich, L. Reports of Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma-Related Adverse Events with SSRIs: Results of a Disproportionality Analysis. CNS Drugs 20, 327–329 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2165/00023210-200620040-00006

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