General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 146-148 , March 2005

Use of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale to evaluate the symptom of excessive sleepiness in major depressive disorder

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☆ These data were initially presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, April 29-May 1, 2004.

PII: S0163-8343(04)00135-5

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.10.004

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 146-148 , March 2005

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