Schizophrenia Research
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 297-310 , 1 March 2005

Impaired mismatch negativity generation in prodromal subjects and patients with schizophrenia

  • Anke Brockhaus-Dumke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 221 478 4001; fax: +49 221 478 3738.
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  • Indira Tendolkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical College Nijmegen, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
    • FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
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  • Ralf Pukrop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Frauke Schultze-Lutter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany
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  • Joachim Klosterkötter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany
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  • Stephan Ruhrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany

Received 23 March 2004 ,Revised 28 May 2004 ,Accepted 31 May 2004.

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PII: S0920-9964(04)00185-9

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.05.016

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 297-310 , 1 March 2005

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