Thyroid hormones correlate with symptoms of hyperactivity but not inattention in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Hauser, Peter ^a,c   Soler, Rosa ^a   Brucker Davis, Françoise ^b   Weintraub, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; hyperactivity; resistantce to thyroid hormone; thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE SYNDROME; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0030955791     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(96)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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