Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53027#.VLR_i8nQrzE Author(s) Ezzat Abdel Azeem A. Awad 1* , Heba Mahmoud Fakher Hendawy 2 , Ahmed Kamil Alawady 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Salamat Polyclinic, Hail, Saudi Arabia . 2 Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt . 3 Psychiatry Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt . ABSTRACT Introduction: Different studies reported the strong relationship between cerebrovascular changes (CVC) and depression. Moreover, many researchers tried to correlate between the pathogenesis and location of the CVC and severity of depression. Methods: In this study we looked for the possibility of presence of CVC in patients with an age ranging from 60 - 75 years, presented to psychiatric clinics and hospitals in Hail, Saudi Arabia and diagnosed for the first time with depression. All patients have been diagnosed...
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