Cognition and white matter hyperintensities in older depressed patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1280-1287

  Lesser, Ira M ^a,b   Boone, Kyle B ^a   Mehringer, C Mark ^a   Wohl, Marcy A ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a   Berman, Nancy G ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029831293     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.10.1280     Document Type: Article

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