Bipolar Disorder after Stroke in an Elderly Patient
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Bipolar Disorder after Stroke in an Elderly Patient
The onset of bipolar disorder (BD) secondary to a stroke event is a rare clinical entity. Although it may be related to specific regions of the brain, several other factors have been linked to its expression such as subcortical atrophy or chronic vascular burden. While precise locations and cerebral circuits involved in the bipolarity expression after stroke still need to be determined, their i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-682X,2090-6838
DOI: 10.1155/2014/741934