Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 257-260 , 30 June 2005

No changes in serum epidermal growth factor levels in patients with schizophrenia

  • Kenji Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 43 226 2147/2149; fax: +81 43 226 2150.
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  • Eiji Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Naoya Komatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Naoyuki Shinoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Michiko Nakazato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Chikara Kumakiri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Shin-ichi Okada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Nori Takei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
    • Section of General Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Masaomi Iyo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan

Received 30 December 2002 ,Revised 23 August 2003 ,Accepted 17 November 2003.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00132-0

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.11.006

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 257-260 , 30 June 2005

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