Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 206-214 , 30 December 2008

Inferior frontal white matter volume and suicidality in schizophrenia

  • Nicolas Rüsch

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Joint Research Programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1st Floor, 3424 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. Tel.: +1 312 567 7969; fax: +1 312 567 6753.
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  • Ilaria Spoletini

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Marko Wilke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Giovanni Martinotti

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Pietro Bria

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alberto Trequattrini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppina Bonaviri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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  • Carlo Caltagirone

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Gianfranco Spalletta

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Received 4 April 2007 ,Revised 8 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.011

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 206-214 , 30 December 2008

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