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ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION

Association study of COMT gene Val158Met polymorphism with auditory P300 and performance on neurocognitive tests in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives

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Pages 238-245 | Received 02 Jun 2005, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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