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T Frodl1, J Stauber, N Schaaff

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, University of Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity Academic Medical Centre [The Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorporating the National Children's Hospital (AMNCH) and St. James's Hospital], Dublin 24, Ireland. thomas.frodl@tcd.ie

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|November 3, 2009
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