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Neurocognitive impairment in unaffected siblings of youth with bipolar disorder.
Psychological medicine - 1 Aug 2009
Doyle A E, Wozniak J, Wilens T E, Henin A, Seidman L J, Petty C, Fried R, Gross L M, Faraone S V, Biederman J
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BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence for the familiality of pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) and its association with impairments on measures of processing speed, verbal learning and 'executive' functions. The current study investigated whether these neurocognitive impairments index the familial risk underlying the diagnosis. METHOD: Subjects were 170 youth with BPD (mean age 12.3 years), their 118...
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