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Curtailing the Voices and the Need for Predictors

  • Daniela Hubl
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    Address correspondence to Daniela Hubl, M.D., University Hospital of Psychiatry, Murtenstrasse 21, Bern CH-3010, Switzerland
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    Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Thomas Dierks
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    Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.02.014
Curtailing the Voices and the Need for Predictors
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      Accepted: February 21, 2013

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.02.014

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