Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 55-68 , September 2003

Alterations of mitochondrial function and correlations with personality traits in selected major depressive disorder patients

  • Ann Gardner

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    • NEUROTEC Department, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +46-8-5783-8975
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  • Anna Johansson

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    • Center for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Rolf Wibom

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    • Center for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Inger Nennesmo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Ulrika von Döbeln

      Affiliations

    • Center for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Lars Hagenfeldt

      Affiliations

    • Center for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Tore Hällström

      Affiliations

    • NEUROTEC Department, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 2 April 2001 ,Revised 5 February 2002 ,Accepted 11 February 2002.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 55-68 , September 2003

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