Emotional incontinence - The other poststroke phenomenon

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-492

  Bharathi, Vengadasalam ^a   Lee, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Emotional incontinence; Emotionalism; Pathological crying; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847016875     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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