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The effect of add-on treatment with quetiapine on measures of depression, aggression, irritability and suicidal tendencies in children and adolescents

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This work was supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport (MSES), grant number 098-0982522-2455. The comments in this work are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the MSES. All protocols were approved by hospital review board and the Ethics Committee of the Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Youth Zagreb and were therefore in line with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Youth Zagreb, Kukuljeviceva 11, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Josip Podobnik, Iris Foller Podobnik & Neda Grgic

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Darko Marcinko

  3. Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Nela Pivac

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Podobnik, J., Foller Podobnik, I., Grgic, N. et al. The effect of add-on treatment with quetiapine on measures of depression, aggression, irritability and suicidal tendencies in children and adolescents. Psychopharmacology 220, 639–641 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2607-7

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