## Abstract ## Objectives This prospectively designed longitudinal study assesses prevalence, incidence and prognosis of depressive symptoms among cognitively normal elderly volunteers compared with patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT), and vascular demen
Prevalence of depressive symptoms among the elderly: A longitudinal study
β Scribed by Naoakira Niino; Kazushige Ihara; Takao Suzuki; Hiroshi Shibata
- Book ID
- 115181577
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
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