Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 852-857 , December 2009

Frontal lobe atrophy is associated with small vessel disease in ischemic stroke patients

  • Yangkun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +852 68719260; fax: +852 2648 3394.
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  • Xiangyan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Weimin Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
    • ,
  • Vincent C.T. Mok

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Ka Sing Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Wai Kwong Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 17 August 2009 ,Accepted 17 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.019

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 852-857 , December 2009

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