Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in geriatric depression and primary degenerative dementia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-83

  Pantel, Johannes ^a   Schröder, Johannes ^a   Essig, Marco ^b   Popp, Doris ^a   Dech, Heike ^a   Knopp, Michael V ^b   Schad, Lothar R ^b   Eysenbach, Katrin ^a   Backenstraß, Matthias ^a   Friedlinger, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; late onset depression; MR volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0342711249     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(96)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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