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Cognitive endophenotypes in OCD: a study of unaffected siblings of probands with familial OCD.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 15 Jun 2009
Viswanath Biju, Janardhan Reddy Y C, Kumar Keshav J, Kandavel Thennarasu, Chandrashekar C R
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BACKGROUND: Impairments in executive functions and non-verbal memory are considered potential endophenotype markers of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). For the neuropsychological deficits to be considered endophenotypes, they should be demonstrable in unaffected family members. AIM: To compare the neuropsychological performance in unaffected siblings of probands with familial OCD with that of individually...
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