Executive functioning deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are independent of oppositional defiant or reading disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1148-1155

  Klorman, Rafael ^a   Hazel Fernandez, Leslie A ^a   Shaywitz, Sally E ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^c   Marchione, Karen E ^b   Holahan, John M ^b   Stubbing, Karla K ^c   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive functions; Hyperactivity impulsivity; Oppositional defiant disorder; Reading disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032844069     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199909000-00020     Document Type: Article

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