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Editorial
. 2021 Dec;29(12):1199-1201.
doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.04.001. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

The Elusive 'White Whale' of Treatment Response Prediction: Leveraging the Curse of Heterogeneity in Late-Life Depression

Helmet T Karim  1
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The Elusive 'White Whale' of Treatment Response Prediction: Leveraging the Curse of Heterogeneity in Late-Life Depression

Helmet T Karim. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: DTI; Treatment response; depression; late-life; prediction; vascular depression.

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