Neuropsychiatric function and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in elderly women: A prospective study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 694-700

  Yaffe, Kristine ^a,c   Ettinger, Bruce ^d   Pressman, Alice ^a   Seeley, Dana ^a   Whooley, Mary ^a,c   Schaefer, Catherine ^d   Cummings, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Depression; Geriatrics; Women

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032079976     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00303-X     Document Type: Article

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