Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 131-138 , 15 November 2006

Familial resemblance for executive functions in families of schizophrenic and bipolar patients

  • Andrei Szöke

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Psychiatrie Adulte Hôpital Albert Chenevier, 40 rue Mesly, 94000 Creteil, France. Tel.: +33 1 49 81 30 51; fax: +33 1 49 81 30 59.
    • ,
  • Franck Schürhoff

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Golmard

      Affiliations

    • Département de Biostatistiques et Informatique et INSERM U 436, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Paris VI, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Caroline Alter

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Roy

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Alexandre Méary

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Etain

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Frank Bellivier

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France
    • ,
  • Marion Leboyer

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), 94000 Créteil, France
    • Unité INSERM U 513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie”, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France

Received 3 February 2004 ,Revised 29 October 2005 ,Accepted 9 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.11.013

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 131-138 , 15 November 2006

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