Differential validity of informant-based diagnoses of dementia and depression in index subjects and in their first-degree relatives.

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Differential validity of informant-based diagnoses of dementia and depression in index subjects and in their first-degree relatives.

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology - 1 Oct 1998

Heun R, Müller H, Papassotiropoulos A

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There is no study indicating that informant-derived information on dementia and depression (i.e. family history information) is equivalently valid for first-degree relatives and for index subjects (i.e. patients and control subjects). However, this unproven assumption is the basis for the frequen...

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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Bias
Depressive Disorder
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Medical History Taking
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

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