Schizophrenia Research
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 113-125 , 1 November 2004

Antisaccade performance in biological relatives of schizophrenia patients: a meta-analysis

  • Deborah L. Levy

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-855-2854; fax: +1-617-855-2778.
    • Psychology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Gillian O'Driscoll

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Steven Matthysse

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Samantha R. Cook

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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  • Philip S. Holzman

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Nancy R. Mendell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

Received 4 September 2003 ,Accepted 12 November 2003.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 113-125 , 1 November 2004

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