Discriminative validity of clinical features and depression severity in the dementia syndrome of depression

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1137-1139

  McNeil, J Kevin ^a  

^a SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030239880     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02961.x     Document Type: Article

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