Executive/attentional performance and measures of schizotypy in patients with schizophrenia and in their nonpsychotic first-degree relatives

@article{Laurent2000ExecutiveattentionalPA,
  title={Executive/attentional performance and measures of schizotypy in patients with schizophrenia and in their nonpsychotic first-degree relatives},
  author={Annie Laurent and Michel Biloa-Tang and Thierry Bougerol and Dominique Duly and Anne-Marie Anchisi and Jean-Luc Bosson and Jacques Pellat and Thierry d'Amato and Jean Dal{\'e}ry},
  journal={Schizophrenia Research},
  year={2000},
  volume={46},
  pages={269-283}
}
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