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Comment on: “Mixed Approach Retrospective Analyses of Suicide and Suicidal Ideation for Brand Compared with Generic Central Nervous System Drugs”

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 19 September 2018

The Original Article was published on 02 December 2017

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    Courtney M. Suggs, Robert L. Levin, Andrew D. Mosholder, Richard S. Swain & Liang Zhao

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Courtney M. Suggs, Robert Levin, Andrew D. Mosholder, Richard S. Swain, and Liang Zhao have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this letter.

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This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-017-0624-0.

An author’s reply to this comment is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-018-0728-1.

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Suggs, C.M., Levin, R.L., Mosholder, A.D. et al. Comment on: “Mixed Approach Retrospective Analyses of Suicide and Suicidal Ideation for Brand Compared with Generic Central Nervous System Drugs”. Drug Saf 41, 1419–1421 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-018-0726-3

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