Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48 , 30 April 2009

Creatine abnormalities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Received 19 December 2007 ,Revised 10 April 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(08)00092-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48 , 30 April 2009