1. ENURESIS IN NON-PSYCHOTIC BOYS TREATED WITH IMIPRAMINE
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C. J. Walters and Mario J Mariuz
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Drug ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Imipramine ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Enuresis ,Placebo ,Discontinuation ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Child ,media_common ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Imipramine in 25 mg. daily doses was found to be an effective agent for the control of enuresis. In a double-blind study, 17 of 23 (74%) severely enuretic boys showed marked improvement on the drug compared to the placebo when each medication was given for 20 days. Nightly incidence of enuresis was reduced from a mean of 70% to 47%. This difference is highly significant (P
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- 1963