Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 176-180 , May 2005

Rating of textual associations in organized and nonorganized sentences for the assessment of semantic networks in schizophrenia

  • Avi Peled

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychiatric Studies, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Mobile Post Hefer 38814, Hadera, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +972 4 627 8067.
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  • Itamar Netzer

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 31096 Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Ilan Modai

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychiatric Studies, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Mobile Post Hefer 38814, Hadera, Israel
    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 31096 Haifa, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.036

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 176-180 , May 2005

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