The natural history of mental disorder in old age: Alzheimer's disease and depressive illness compared

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 591-600

  Robinson, John R ^a  

^a OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Depression in the elderly; Neoplasm; Physical illness; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031664464     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199809)13:9<591::AID-GPS826>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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