Neuropsychological functioning in girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with and without learning disabilities

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-177

  Seidman, Larry J ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Valera, Eve M ^a   Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Doyle, Alysa E ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive functions; Girls; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33645998420     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.2.166     Document Type: Article

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