Post-stroke depression, not to be underestimated

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9166, 1999, Pages 1728-

  Hachinski, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MIANSERIN;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE;

EID: 0344848671     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00139-7     Document Type: Note

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