Adding esketamine to lamotrigine to treat major depression: Combinatorial synergism, augmentation, or neither?

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Academic Department of Psychiatry, Kolling Institute, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: August 2024

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