Neuropsychological dysfunction, soft neurological signs and social disability in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.188.4.366