Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53500#.VMci6izQrzE Author(s) Isabelle Rouch 1,2* , Claude Marescaux 3 , Catherine Padovan 4,5 , Thierry D’Amato 4,6 , Benoit Saitta 3 , Bernard Laurent 1 , Romain Rey 4 , Alexis Lepetit 2,4 , Jean Michel Dorey 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Neurology Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France . 2 Geriatrics Unit, Charpennes Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France . 3 Département d’Information Médicale, Vinatier Hospital, Bron, France . 4 Memory Center-Gerontopsychiatry Unit, Vinatier Hospital, Bron, France . 5 Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team, Lyon Neurosciences Research Center, . 6 Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France . ABSTRACT Although Bipolar Disorder (BD) often affects young subjects, the number of elderly patients suffering from BD is rising as life expectancy increases. Few studies addressed the hospitalisation character...
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