Is late-life depression a predictor of Alzheimer's disease? Results from a historical cohort study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-82

  van Reekum, Robert ^a   Binns, Malcolm ^a   Clarke, Diana ^a   Chayer, Celine ^b   Conn, David ^a   Herrmann, Nathan ^a   Mayberg, Helen S ^a   Rewilak, Dmytro ^a   Simard, Martine ^c   Stuss, Donald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19944428096     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1240     Document Type: Article

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