A trial of prazosin for combat trauma PTSD with nightmares in active-duty soldiers returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  American Journal of Psychiatry

• Publication date

  2013-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12081133PMID 23846759
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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