Behavioural and psychological symptoms in poststroke vascular cognitive impairment.

Conclusion. Depression was the commonest neuropsychiatric symptom in VCI. The neuropsychiatric profiles of MID and SIVD were similar. The frequency and severity of apathy and the net burden of BPSD increased with increasing cognitive impairment. PMID: 24825957 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Behavioural Neurology - May 19, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Gupta M, Dasgupta A, Khwaja GA, Chowdhury D, Patidar Y, Batra A Tags: Behav Neurol Source Type: research