Abnormality of EEG alpha asymmetry in female adolescent suicide attempters

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 706-713

  Graae, Flemming ^a,b   Tenke, Craig ^a   Bruder, Gerard ^a   Rotheram, Mary Jane ^a   Piacentini, John ^a   Castro Blanco, David ^a   Leite, Paul ^a   Towey, James ^a  

^a New York State Psychiat Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; depression; electroencephalogram; hemispheric asymmetry; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030588088     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00493-9     Document Type: Article

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