Confirmation of an association between family history of affective disorder and the depressive syndrome in Alzheimer's disease.
Confirmation of an association between family history of affective disorder and the depressive syndrome in Alzheimer's disease.
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证实情感障碍家族史与阿尔茨海默氏病抑郁综合征之间的关联。
DOI:
10.1176/ajp.153.10.1340
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
Ogrocki,PK
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作者:
Strauss,ME;Ogrocki,PK
ObjectiveThe authors' goal was to replicate an earlier finding of a familial liability for depression in Alzheimer's disease.MethodThe family histories of depression and dementia were compared in 28 patients experiencing a first episode of major depression after onset of Alzheimer's disease and 74 nondepressed patients with Alzheimer's disease.ResultsSignificantly more families of depressed dementia patients included depressed first-degree relatives. There was no difference between Alzheimer's disease patients with and without depression in the proportion of families with a history of dementia.ConclusionsMajor depression in Alzheimer's disease is associated with a familial liability for depression that is independent of any familial liability for dementia.