Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 265-269 , 15 October 2004

Verbal memory and aspects of attentional control in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders or depressive disorders

  • Thomas Günther

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-241-808-8753; fax: +49-241-808-2544.
    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital of Aachen, Neuenhofer Weg 21, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • K. Holtkamp

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    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital of Aachen, Neuenhofer Weg 21, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • J. Jolles

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht Brain and Behaviour Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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  • B. Herpertz-Dahlmann

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    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital of Aachen, Neuenhofer Weg 21, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • K. Konrad

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    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital of Aachen, Neuenhofer Weg 21, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

Received 21 July 2003 ,Revised 4 November 2003 ,Accepted 4 November 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.11.004

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 265-269 , 15 October 2004

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