Suicide and Alzheimer's pathology in the elderly: A case-control study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Rubio, Ana ^a   Vestner, Alice Lee ^a   Stewart, John M ^a   Forbes, Nicholas T ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Elderly; Neurofibrillary pathology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0035863279     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00952-5     Document Type: Article

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