Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , June 2003

Personality traits and personality disorders in early onset versus late onset major depression

  • Mia Ramklint

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital, SE-750 17 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46-18-611-5233; fax: +46-18-515-810
    • ,
  • Lisa Ekselius

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 1 October 2001 ,Revised 14 January 2002 ,Accepted 15 January 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00028-9

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , June 2003

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