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Auditory brain stem evoked responses (BSERs) were recorded from schizophrenic and depressed patients and healthy subjects. Between these groups no differences in latencies, amplitudes and variability of the BSERs were found.
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Dedicated to Prof. Hans Heimann on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Bolz, J., Giedke, H. Brain stem auditory evoked responses in psychiatric patients and healthy controls. J. Neural Transmission 54, 285–291 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01254937
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