In order to determine if later age of onset of depression in the elderly is associated with increased cognitive impairment, the scores on the Mini-Mental State Examinations of 41 elderly depressed patients were correlated with the ages of onset of depression. All subjects, average age 74.7, were ref
Testing the relationship of cognitive impairments and major depression: A discordant twin-pair study
✍ Scribed by K.J. Hsu⁎; K.C. Young-Wolff; L.J. Halberstadt; K.S. Kendler; C.A. Prescott
- Book ID
- 113667183
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0327
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