Absence of striatal volume differences between depressed subjects with no comorbid medical illness and matched comparison subjects

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1989-1991

  Lenze, Eric J ^b   Sheline, Yvette I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL CARE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; PUTAMEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032742387     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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