Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1949-1957 , November 2009

The relationship between preattentive sensory processing deficits and age in schizophrenia patients

  • Michael Kiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • David L. Braff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • ,
  • Joyce Sprock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • ,
  • Gregory A. Light

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 619 543 2496; fax: +1 619 543 2493.

,Accepted 29 August 2009.

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Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1949-1957 , November 2009

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