General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 435-440 , September 2008

Comparative study of depression in hospitalized and stable heart failure patients in an urban Nigerian teaching hospital

  • Amam Chinyere Mbakwem, M.B., B.S., F.W.A.C.P.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, PMB 12003 Lagos, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +234 8023033675; fax: +234 12711948.
    • ,
  • Olatunji Francis Aina, F.W.A.C.P.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, PMB 12003 Lagos, Nigeria

Received 21 February 2008 ,Accepted 23 April 2008.

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PII: S0163-8343(08)00071-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.04.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 435-440 , September 2008

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