Neurological findings in late-onset depressive disorder: Comparison of individuals with and without depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue APR., 2005, Pages 308-313

  Baldwin, Robert ^a   Jeffries, Suzanne ^b   Jackson, Alan ^c   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^c   Thacker, Neil ^c   Scott, Marietta ^c   Burns, Alistair ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANQUILIZER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION SCALE; ONSET AGE; RATING SCALE; WEBSTER RATING SCALE FOR PARKINSONISM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044462173     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.4.308     Document Type: Article

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