The incidence and relative risk of stroke among patients with bipolar disorder: a seven-year follow-up study.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate the incidence and relative risk of stroke and post-stroke all-cause mortality among patients with bipolar disorder. METHODS: This study identified a study population from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) between 1999 and 2003 that includ...

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Main Authors: Hung-Chi Wu, Frank Huang-Chih Chou, Kuan-Yi Tsai, Chao-Yueh Su, Shih-Pei Shen, Tieh-Chi Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3758282?pdf=render