Dysfunctions in olfactory processing in schizophrenia

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Rupp, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Medial temporal lobe; Olfaction; Orbitofrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Unirhinal

Indexed keywords

FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMELLING DISORDER;

EID: 0037336389     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200303000-00007     Document Type: Review

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