Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 127-140 , 15 December 2004

Factors that differentiate early vs. later onset of major depression disorder

  • Sidney Zisook

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego VA Medical Center, 9500 Gilman Dr., 0603R, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +1 858 534 4040; fax: +1 858 822 0231.
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  • A. John Rush

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Ari Albala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego VA Medical Center, 9500 Gilman Dr., 0603R, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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  • Jonathan Alpert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • G.K. Balasubramani

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Maurizio Fava

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Mustafa Husain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Harold Sackeim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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  • Madhukar Trivedi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Stephen Wisniewski

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Received 5 March 2004 ,Revised 23 June 2004 ,Accepted 7 July 2004.

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Psychiatry Research
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