Clinical significance of white matter changes

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-137

  O'Brien, John T ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; MRI; Vascular; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER LESION;

DEPRESSION; MRI; VASCULAR; WHITE MATTER LESIONS;

BRAIN; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84893113879     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.07.006     Document Type: Note

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