More severe impairment of manual dexterity in bipolar disorder compared to unipolar major depression
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More severe impairment of manual dexterity in bipolar disorder compared to unipolar major depression.
BACKGROUND Mood disorders are associated with various neurocognitive deficits. However, few studies have reported the impairment of motor dexterity in unipolar depression and bipolar disorder. In the present study, manual dexterity was compared between unipolar major depression, bipolar disorder, and healthy controls. METHODS Manual dexterity was assessed by the Purdue pegboard test in 98 pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Affective Disorders
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0165-0327
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.11.031