Schizophrenia Research
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 147-157 , 1 February 2003

Auditory P300 amplitude as a state marker for positive symptoms in schizophrenia: cross-sectional and retrospective longitudinal studies

  • Masato Higashima

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-76-265-2304; fax: +81-76-234-4254
    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Tatsuya Nagasawa

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Yasuhiro Kawasaki

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    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama 930-0152, Japan
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  • Takashi Oka

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Naoto Sakai

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Takahiro Tsukada

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Yoshifumi Koshino

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan

Received 3 October 2001 ,Accepted 18 November 2001.

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