Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 185-190 , 31 March 2006

Language lateralization in unmedicated patients during an acute episode of schizophrenia: A functional MRI study

  • Elisabeth M. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Psychiatry, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 504 81658; fax: +43 512 502 23628.
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  • Alex Hofer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Stefan Golaszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Christian Siedentopf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Stefan Felber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Received 6 July 2005 ,Revised 11 November 2005 ,Accepted 12 November 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00202-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.11.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 185-190 , 31 March 2006

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