Virchow-Robin space dilatation may predict resistance to antidepressant monotherapy in elderly patients with depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 265-270

  Patankar, Tufail F ^a   Baldwin, Robert ^b   Mitra, Dipayan ^a   Jeffries, Suzanne ^b   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a   Jackson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Neuroimaging; Virchow Robin spaces; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARIANCE; VIRCHOW ROBIN SPACE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33845593191     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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