Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 199-203 , 30 March 2010

Short-TE proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

  • Pinchen Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Ting Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Shan Dung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70, Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Wen Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70, Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 5252000x4330; fax: +886 7 5254301.

Received 22 June 2007 ,Revised 2 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 199-203 , 30 March 2010

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