Mesencephalic midline change on transcranial sonography in early Parkinson's disease patients with depression

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-52

  Cho, Jung Woo ^a   Baik, Jong Sam ^a   Lee, Myung Sik ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brainstem midline change; Depression; Parkinson's disease; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALIC MIDLINE; MESENCEPHALON; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL SONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 80054102802     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.055     Document Type: Article

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