Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2008

Anterior cingulate volume in pediatric bipolar disorder and autism

  • Sufen Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
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  • Felicia Widjaja

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
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  • Marsha E. Bates

      Affiliations

    • The Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, United States
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  • Gerald T. Voelbel

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, United States
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  • Gahan Pandina

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Janssen Pharmaceutica, United States
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  • Joelle Marble

      Affiliations

    • Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Jeremy A. Blank

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
    • ,
  • Josh Day

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
    • ,
  • Norman Brule

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
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  • Robert L. Hendren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States. Tel.: +1 916 703 0246; fax: +1 916 703 0244.

Received 25 August 2006 ,Revised 6 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2007.

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PII: S0165-0327(07)00143-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.019

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2008

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