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Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 4/2012

01-06-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Correlation with statistical significance and its explanation rate: comment on Minelli et al., “BDNF serum levels, but not BDNF Val66Met genotype, are correlated with personality traits in healthy subjects.” (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci doi:10.1007/s00406-011-0189-3)

Author: Tomoyuki Kawada

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Issue 4/2012

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Title
Correlation with statistical significance and its explanation rate: comment on Minelli et al., “BDNF serum levels, but not BDNF Val66Met genotype, are correlated with personality traits in healthy subjects.” (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci doi:10.1007/s00406-011-0189-3)
Author
Tomoyuki Kawada
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-011-0236-0

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