Neuropsychological performance of monozygotic twins discordant for bipolar disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 639-646

  Gourovitch, Monica L ^a   Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Gold, James M ^a   Randolph, Christopher ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a   Goldberg, Terry E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Memory; Neuropsychology; Psychiatric; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033106069     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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