Decreased dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity in unipolar geriatric delusional depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 448-452

  Meyers, Barnett S ^a   Alexopoulos, George S ^a   Kakuma, Tatsu ^a   Tirumalasetti, Fughik ^b   Gabriele, Michelle ^c   Alpert, Stephanie ^d   Bowden, Charles ^e   Meltzer, Herbert Y ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delusional depression; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Geriatric; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033558268     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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