Patients with late-onset depression have poor cognitive function at old age [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-233

  Van Exel, Eric ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Stek, Max L ^a,b   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0035096865     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.04947.x     Document Type: Letter

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