Organic bases of late-life depression: A critical update

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1109-1125

  Jellinger, Kurt A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Late onset depression; Mood disorders; Neuropathology; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84879551517     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0945-1     Document Type: Article

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