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Executive dysfunctions as potential markers of familial vulnerability to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 1 Jan 2004
Zalla Tiziana, Joyce Cécile, Szöke Andrei, Schürhoff Franck, Pillon Bernard, Komano Odile, Perez-Diaz Fernando, Bellivier Frank, Alter Caroline, Dubois Bruno, Rouillon Frédéric, Houde Olivier, Leboyer Marion
Abstract excerpt
Attentional and executive impairments have been found both in patients with schizophrenia and in their unaffected first-degree relatives, suggesting that they might be considered as familial vulnerability markers. Several studies have shown that the performance of bipolar patients does not significantly differ from that of schizophrenic patients, so that executive and attentional deficits might not be specific to...
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