White matter hyperintensities rather than lacunar infarcts are associated with depressive symptoms in older people: The LADIS study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 834-841

  O'Brien, John T ^a   Firbank, Michael J ^a,h   Krishnan, Mani S ^a   Van Straaten, Elisabeth C W ^b   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^b   Petrovic, Katja ^c   Pantoni, Leonardo ^d   Simoni, Michela ^d   Erkinjuntti, Timo ^e   Wallin, Anders ^f   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^g   Inzitari, Domenico ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Lacunes; MRI; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LACUNAR INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

EID: 33749683310     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000214558.63358.94     Document Type: Article

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