Twin study of the etiology of comorbidity between reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-301

  Willcutt, Erik G ^a   Pennington, Bruce F ^b   DeFries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Institute for Behavioral Genetics ^*

Author keywords

ADHD; Comorbidity; Reading disability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034640684     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<293::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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