The high rate of major depression after stroke in Nigeria may be the result of high cumulative morbidity burden: A call for greater efficiency in the management of stroke in developing countries

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ojagbemi, Akin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SURVIVOR;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; STROKE;

EID: 84890852093     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12219     Document Type: Letter

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