Emotional incontinence in Chinese stroke patients: Diagnosis, frequency, and clinical and radiological correlates

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 865-869

  Wai, Kwong Tang ^a,d   Chan, Sandra S M ^a,d   Chiu, Helen F K ^a,c,d   Ungvari, Gabor S ^a,d   Ka, Sing Wong ^a   Kwok, Timothy C Y ^a   Wong, K T ^b   Richards, Polly S ^b   Ahuja, A T ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Dept Diagn Radiol Organ Imaging ^*

^c Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing   (Hong Kong)

^d SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Emotional incontinence; Emotionalism; Pathological laughter and crying; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3442890945     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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