Schizophrenia Research
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , May 2007

Correlates of hallucinations in schizophrenia: A cross‐cultural evaluation

  • P. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Indo-US project “Genetic Susceptibility in Schizophrenia”, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. RML Hospital, Delhi, India
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  • P. Mathur

      Affiliations

    • Indo-US project “Genetic Susceptibility in Schizophrenia”, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. RML Hospital, Delhi, India
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  • I.I. Gottesman

      Affiliations

    • Indo-US project “Genetic Susceptibility in Schizophrenia”, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. RML Hospital, Delhi, India
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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  • R. Nagpal

      Affiliations

    • Manobal Klinik, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • V.L. Nimgaonkar

      Affiliations

    • Indo-US project “Genetic Susceptibility in Schizophrenia”, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. RML Hospital, Delhi, India
    • Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Room 441, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +1 412 246 6353; fax: +1 412 246 6350.
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  • S.N. Deshpande

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, India
    • Indo-US project “Genetic Susceptibility in Schizophrenia”, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. RML Hospital, Delhi, India

Received 28 September 2006 ,Revised 24 January 2007 ,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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☆ List of Contributors: P. Thomas — was responsible for data analysis and data management. P. Mathur — was responsible for data management and analysis. I.I. Gottesman — undertook manuscript writing. R. Nagpal — was responsible for study design, data interpretation and manuscript writing. V.L. Nimgaonkar — was responsible for funding, design, analysis and manuscript writing. S.N. Deshpande — was responsible for funding, design, analysis and manuscript writing. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.01.017

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , May 2007

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