MRI findings in patients with affective disorder: A meta-analysis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-168

  Videbech, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Brain lesions; Depression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030756402     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb10146.x     Document Type: Review

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