Neuroimaging and mechanisms of brain function in psychiatric disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-337

  Markowitsch, Hans J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032768025     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199905000-00014     Document Type: Review

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