Clinical and neuroradiologic features associated with chronicity in late-life depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-316

  Lavretsky, Helen ^a,b   Lesser, Ira M ^a   Wohl, Marcy ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a   Mehringer, C Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032881364     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199911000-00006     Document Type: Article

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