The presence of depressive symptoms in comorbidity with Alzheimer's disease does not influence changes in serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in older patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 439-440

  Curto, Martina ^a   Martocchia, Antonio ^a   Comite, Fabrizia ^a   Scaccianoce, Sergio ^b   Xenos, Dionysios ^b   Nasca, Carla ^b   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^b,c   Falaschi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84895785055     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4067     Document Type: Letter

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