Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 210-214 , 30 June 2009

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of late-life major depressive disorder

  • Cheng-Sheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Both CS Chen and IC Chiang contributed equally.
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  • I-Chan Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Both CS Chen and IC Chiang contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Chun-Wei Li

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medical Radiation Technology, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Chen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ying Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Gin-Chung Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Fen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Ting Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x7702.

Received 13 March 2008 ,Revised 19 January 2009 ,Accepted 20 January 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00006-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.01.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 210-214 , 30 June 2009

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