Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 472-476 , November 2005

No evidence for verbal memory impairment in individuals putatively at risk for bipolar disorder

  • Thomas D. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Institute, Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Thilo Deckersbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, 149-2611, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 724 6300x1340183; fax: +1 617 726 4078.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.02.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 472-476 , November 2005

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