The establishment of a brain bank for the study of late-life depression: A feasibility study of factors facilitating consent

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 816-821

  McFarland, Cameron ^b   Sweet, Robert A ^a   DeKosky, Steven T ^b   Houck, Patricia R ^b   Mulsant, Benoit H ^b   Pollock, Bruce G ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038122954     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900024330     Document Type: Article

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