Coffey C E, Figiel G S, Djang W T, Weiner R D
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Feb;147(2):187-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.2.187.
Subcortical hyperintensity on T2-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging was significantly more common and more severe in elderly depressed patients referred for ECT than in a matched control group of normal elderly subjects. The potential clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed.