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Attentional deficits and emotional bias in bipolar disorders: comparison at different stages of the disease

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We thanks the medical staff of the three French BD expert centres (Mondor/Cheneviers Créteil, Charles Perrens Bordeaux and Sainte Marguerite Marseille) for having included the subjects of this study.

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Montel, S., Scott, J., Dubois, M. et al. Attentional deficits and emotional bias in bipolar disorders: comparison at different stages of the disease. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 264, 743–745 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-013-0477-1

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