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The effect of seasons and seasonal variation on neuropsychological test performance in patients with bipolar I disorder and their first-degree relatives.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Dec 2010
Rajajärvi Elina, Antila Mervi, Kieseppä Tuula, Lönnqvist Jouko, Tuulio-Henriksson Annamari, Partonen Timo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) patients have cognitive deficits that may remain in the euthymic phase. Similar although milder cognitive deficits may be found in their first-degree relatives. We wanted to analyze whether the self-report of seasonality, the season when individuals were tested or the circadian preference influences the neuropsychological test performance measured in the familial BD, type I,...
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