Does the Aging Males' Symptoms scale assess major depressive disorder?: A pilot study

Maturitas

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-175

  Yoshida, N ^a,b   Kumano, Hiroaki ^a   Kuboki, Tomifusa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging Males' Symptoms scale; Major depressive disorder; Partial androgen deficiency of the aging male

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SOMATIZATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROPAUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244484826     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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