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Comparative analysis of mental disorders among elderly with chronic leukemia and dyscirculatory encephalopathy

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The goal of our study was to compare mental disorders among elderly patients with chronic leukemia (CL) and dyscirculatory encephalopathy (DE). One hundred patients with CL were studied. The control group contained 85 patients with stage-I and -II DE. The Spielberger-Khanin anxiety scale and Zung depression scale were used. In patients with CL without clinical features of DE, mental disorders occurred mostly in the form of anxiety, while the combination of DE and CL led to depression. Patients with DE were characterized by anxiety and depression due to chronic cerebral ischemia.

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Zyrina, 2012, published in Uspekhi Gerontologii, 2012, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 334–337.

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Zyrina, G.V. Comparative analysis of mental disorders among elderly with chronic leukemia and dyscirculatory encephalopathy. Adv Gerontol 3, 80–82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079057013010165

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