Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 7-15 , 15 July 2005

Quantitative electroencephalographic measures in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder

  • Nina Lindberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
    • Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland. Tel.: +358 50 5665123; fax: +358 9 19125302.
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  • Pekka Tani

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
    • Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Matti Virkkunen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Björn Appelberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Hannu Naukkarinen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Lapinlahti Hospital, Lapinlahdentie, P.O. Box 320, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Tapani Salmi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 4, P.O. Box 340, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland

Received 23 October 2004 ,Revised 24 March 2005 ,Accepted 16 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.005

Psychiatry Research
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