General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 80-82 , January 2008

High frequency of unrecognized mental disorders in HCV-infected patients

  • Susana Carolina Batista-Neves, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Lucas C. Quarantini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Serviço de Psiquiatria, 40110-909 Salvador, BA, Brazil. Tel.: +55 71 3332 3509; fax: +55 11 3332 3509.
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Amanda Galvão de Almeida, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Rodrigo A. Bressan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Acioly Luiz Lacerda, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas (LiNC), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Irismar R. de-Oliveira, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
    • ,
  • Raymundo Paraná, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ângela Miranda-Scippa, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil

Received 20 May 2007 ,Accepted 24 August 2007.

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PII: S0163-8343(07)00180-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.014

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 80-82 , January 2008

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