A controlled clinical trial of sertraline in the treatment of depression in nursing home patients with late-stage Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-74

  Magai, Carol ^a   Kennedy, Gary ^a   Cohen, Carl I ^a   Gomberg, David ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033988108     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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