Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 95-98 , March 2004

Serum lipid levels, suicidality, and panic disorder

  • Ömer Akil Özer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
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  • Remzi Kutaniş

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Yücel Agargun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mehmet Yücel Agargun, M.D., Yüzüncü Yil University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Van 65200 Türkiye Turkey
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  • Lütfullah Beşiroḡlu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
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  • Ahmet Cemal Bal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
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  • Yavuz Selvi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey
    • ,
  • Hayrettin Kara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Turkey

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PII: S0010-440X(03)00218-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.12.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 95-98 , March 2004

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