Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 793-798 , June 2006

Aggressive Behavior in Patients With Stroke: Association With Psychopathology and Results of Antidepressant Treatment on Aggression

  • Keen-Loong Chan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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  • Antonio Campayo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinico de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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  • David J. Moser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
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  • Stephan Arndt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
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  • Robert G. Robinson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robert G. Robinson, MD, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242

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 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (grant nos. MH52879, MH53592, MH63405).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00164-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 793-798 , June 2006

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