The neurology of learning and behavioural problems in pre-adolescent children

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-100

  Batstra, Laura ^a   Neeleman, J ^a   Hadders Algra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Externalizing behaviour; Internalizing behaviour; Learning problems; Minor neurological dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038449117     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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