Laterality of symptoms in patients admitted to a stroke unit who had a discharge diagnosis of a psychiatric condition [8]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1311-1312

  Santos, C O ^a   Caeiro, L ^a   Ferro, J M ^a   Albuquerque, R ^a   Figueira, M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23944450293     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.062893     Document Type: Letter

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