Confirmation of an association between family history of affective disorder and the depressive syndrome in Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1340-1342

  Strauss, Milton E ^a,b   Ogrocki, Paula K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fairhill Center for Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE;

EID: 0029832734     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.10.1340     Document Type: Article

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