Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 26-29 , 30 March 2010

Cognitive estimation in aged patients with major depressive disorder

  • Agota Barabassy
    • ,
  • Ulrike Beinhoff
    • ,
  • Matthias W. Riepe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Current address: Psychiatry II Ulm University, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312 Günzburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 8221 96 2355; fax: +49 8221 96 28125.

Received 12 June 2007 ,Revised 20 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.06.045

Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 26-29 , 30 March 2010

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