Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 129-138 , 15 November 2007

Altered frontal brain oxygenation in detoxified alcohol dependent patients with unaffected verbal fluency performance

Received 10 August 2006 ,Revised 15 January 2007 ,Accepted 28 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.01.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 129-138 , 15 November 2007

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