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Neurocognitive functioning in a group of offspring genetically at high-risk for schizophrenia in Eastern Turkey.
Brain research bulletin - 31 May 2010
Ozan Erol, Deveci Erdem, Oral Meltem, Karahan Utku, Oral Elif, Aydin Nazan, Kirpinar Ismet
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We assessed major cognitive domains in symptom-free children of patients with schizophrenia compared to the healthy children of parents with no psychopathology using neurocognitive tests. We hypothesized that, offspring at high-risk for schizophrenia would have significant impairment in major domains: attention, memory, verbal-linguistic ability and executive functions. Thirty symptom-free children (17-males,...
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