Memory impairment in elderly individuals with a mildly elevated serum TSH: The role of processing resources, depression and cerebrovascular disease

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-183

  Cook, Sarah E ^a,b   Nebes, Robert D ^a,b,e   Halligan, Edythe M ^a,b   Burmeister, Lynn A ^a,b   Saxton, Judith A ^a,b   Ganguli, Mary ^a,b   Fukui, Melanie B ^a,b,d   Meltzer, Carolyn C ^a,b   Williams, Robert L ^a,b,c   DeKosky, Steven T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036759803     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.9.3.175.9610     Document Type: Article

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