White matter hyperintensities in bipolar and unipolar patients with relatively mild-to-moderate illness severity

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Sassi, Roberto B ^a,b   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,c,d   Nicoletti, Mark ^a,c   Mallinger, Alan G ^a,e   Frank, Ellen ^a,e   Kupfer, David J ^a,e   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a   Soares, Jair C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Bipolar disorder; MRI; Neuroimaging; Unipolar disorder; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0242552738     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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