Association of depression duration with reduction of global cerebral gray matter volume in female patients with recurrent major depressive disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2052-2054

  Lampe, Indrag K ^a,b   Hulshoff, Hilleke E ^a   Janssen, Joost ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Heeren, Thea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346349824     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.11.2052     Document Type: Article

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