Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 107-112 , 30 August 2009

The value of HMPAO SPECT in predicting treatment response to citalopram in patients with major depression

  • Holger Brockmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. Tel.: +49 228 287 15181; fax: +49 228 287 19096.
    • These authors contributed equally.
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  • Astrid Zobel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally.
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  • Alexius Joe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Kim Biermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Lukas Scheef

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Functional Neuroimaging Group, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Anna Schuhmacher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Olrik von Widdern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Metten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Hans-Juergen Biersack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Maier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Henning Boecker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Functional Neuroimaging Group, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Received 20 September 2007 ,Revised 24 October 2008 ,Accepted 28 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.10.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 107-112 , 30 August 2009

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