Late onset depressive symptoms can be a marker of cerebral vascular pathology

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 977-

  Verdelho, Ana ^a   Ferro, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 50449098866     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.142364     Document Type: Editorial

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