Risk of stroke among patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: nationwide longitudinal study

Mu-Hong Chen1, Tai-Long Pan1, Cheng-Ta Li1

  • 1Mu-Hong Chen, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei; Tai-Long Pan, PhD, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, and Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, and Liver Research Center, Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan; Cheng-Ta Li, MD, PhD, Wei-Chen Lin, MD, Ying-Sheue Chen, MD, Ying-Chiao Lee, MD, Shih-Jen Tsai, MD, Ju-Wei Hsu, MD, Kai-Lin Huang, MD, Chia-Fen Tsai, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei; Wen-Han Chang, MSc, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei; Tzeng-Ji Chen, MD, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei; Tung-Ping Su, MD, Ya-Mei Bai, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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