Different manifestation of depressive disorder in the elderly

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 691-695

  Shahpesandy, Homayun ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Slovakia)

^b NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Elderly; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUILT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 33644992880     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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