A magnetic resonance imaging study of white matter lesions in depression and Alzheimer's disease

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue APR., 1996, Pages 477-485

  O'Brien, John ^a   Desmond, Patricia ^b   Ames, David ^b   Schweitzer, Isaac ^b   Harrigan, Susan ^b   Tress, Brian ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029894385     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.4.477     Document Type: Article

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