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Prevalence of depression in stroke patients with vascular dementia in universiti kebangsaan malaysia medical center

Khoo KF 1 , Tan HJ 2 , Rosdinom R 3 , Raymond AA 4 , Norlinah MI 5 , Shamsul A 6 Show all authors , Nafisah WY 7

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  • 1 Khoo Kah Fang, MMed(Int Med). Hospital Kulim Medical, Jalan Mahang Kulim, Kedah 09000, Malaysia. fangpenang@gmail.com
  • 2 Tan H J, MMed (Int Med). Department of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 3 R Rosdinom, MMed(Psy). Department of Psychiatry, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 4 A A Raymond, FRCP(Glasgow). Department of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 5 M I Norlinah, MRCP(Ireland). Department of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 6 A Shamsul, PhD(Niigata, Japan). Department of Community Health, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur.
  • 7 W Y Nafisah, MMed(Int Med). Department of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Med J Malaysia, 2013 Apr;68(2):105-10.
PMID: 23629553 MyJurnal

Abstract

Depression among patients with vascular dementia is frequently overlooked and potentially causes significant morbidity. There is limited data in Malaysia on the subject and this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression in vascular dementia (VaD) in UKMMC.

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