A pilot study of methylphenidate, clonidine, or the combination in ADHD comorbid with aggressive oppositional defiant or conduct disorder

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Connor, Daniel F ^a   Barkley, Russell A ^a   Davis, Heather T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TEACHER;

EID: 0033982174     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900102     Document Type: Article

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