The Massachusetts General Hospital studies of gender influences on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in youth and relatives

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-232

  Biederman, Joseph ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECT; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

EID: 1842529227     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2003.12.004     Document Type: Review

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