Brain morphology and response to nortriptyline in geriatric depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-150

  Young, Robert C ^a   Kalayam, Balu ^b   Nambudiri, Draupathi E ^b   Kakuma, Tatsuyuki ^b   Alexopoulos, George S ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032918983     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199905000-00008     Document Type: Article

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