Executive Functioning in Twins with Bipolar I Disorder and Healthy Co-Twins
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Executive functioning in twins with bipolar I disorder and healthy co-twins.
The aims of the study were to compare performance of twins with bipolar disorder (BPD) and healthy co-twins in neuropsychological tests assessing various aspects of executive functioning and to examine the relationship of clinical factors with executive functions. Twenty-six euthymic BPD twins, 19 co-twins, and 114 control twins were examined using the Stroop test, the Wisconsin card sorting te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp047