Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 217-226 , 31 January 2006

Memory tests in first-degree adult relatives of schizophrenic patients: A meta-analysis

  • A. Trandafir

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor Hospitals (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), Créteil, France
    • INSERM U513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie,” Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • ,
  • A. Méary

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor Hospitals (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), Créteil, France
    • INSERM U513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie,” Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • ,
  • F. Schürhoff

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor Hospitals (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), Créteil, France
    • INSERM U513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie,” Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • ,
  • M. Leboyer

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor Hospitals (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), Créteil, France
    • INSERM U513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie,” Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • ,
  • A. Szöke

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Albert Chenevier et Henri Mondor Hospitals (Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris), Créteil, France
    • INSERM U513, “Neurobiologie et Psychiatrie,” Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital “Albert Chenevier”, 40 rue de Mesly, 94000 Créteil, France. Tel.: +33 1 49 81 30 51; fax: +33 1 49 81 30 59.

Received 14 March 2005 ,Revised 9 September 2005 ,Accepted 10 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.09.005

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 217-226 , 31 January 2006

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