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Executive function and genetic predisposition to schizophrenia--the Maudsley family study.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Apr 2008
Birkett P, Sigmundsson T, Sharma T, Toulopoulou T, Griffiths T D, Reveley A, Murray R
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Executive cognitive impairment has been found in families affected by schizophrenia and is a putative endophenotype. We wished to explore its genetic basis further by studying the association between impairment and genetic loading for schizophrenia. We studied 30 schizophrenia patients with a family history of schizophrenia, 53 of their nonpsychotic first-degree relatives (familial), 32 patients with...
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