Lack of empathy in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

@article{Ritter2011LackOE,
  title={Lack of empathy in patients with narcissistic personality disorder},
  author={Kathrin Ritter and Isabel Dziobek and Sandra Preissler and Anke R{\"u}ter and Aline Vater and Thomas Fydrich and Claas-Hinrich Lammers and Hauke R. Heekeren and Stefan Roepke},
  journal={Psychiatry Research},
  year={2011},
  volume={187},
  pages={241-247}
}
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