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Alterations in brain-stem auditory evoked potentials among drug addicts

A cross-sectional study

Sonia Garg, Rajeev Sharma, Shilekh Mittal and Satish Thapar
Neurosciences Journal July 2015, 20 (3) 253-258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20150105
Sonia Garg
From the Department of of Physiology (Garg, Sharma), Department of Forensic Medicine (Mittal), Department of Psychiatry (Thapar), GGS Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
MBBS, MD
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Rajeev Sharma
From the Department of of Physiology (Garg, Sharma), Department of Forensic Medicine (Mittal), Department of Psychiatry (Thapar), GGS Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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Shilekh Mittal
From the Department of of Physiology (Garg, Sharma), Department of Forensic Medicine (Mittal), Department of Psychiatry (Thapar), GGS Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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Satish Thapar
From the Department of of Physiology (Garg, Sharma), Department of Forensic Medicine (Mittal), Department of Psychiatry (Thapar), GGS Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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