Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 49-59 , 15 November 2005

Event-related potentials elicited by distractors in an auditory oddball paradigm in schizophrenia

  • Aleš Kogoj

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    • University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI 1260 Ljubljana Polje, Slovenia
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  • Zvezdan Pirtošek

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre, SI 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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  • Martina Tomori

      Affiliations

    • University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI 1260 Ljubljana Polje, Slovenia
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  • David B. Vodušek

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre, SI 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 18 November 2004 ,Revised 13 July 2005 ,Accepted 20 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.017

Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 49-59 , 15 November 2005

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