Psychogeriatric clinical, electro-encephalographic and autopsy findings

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Muller H F ^a   Engelsmann, F ^a   Vasavan Nair, N P ^a   Robitaille, Y ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Autopsy; Depression; Electro encephalograms; Psychiatric diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030935145     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119398     Document Type: Article

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