Overview on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children from Delta regions of Egypt (a 10 years-study)

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-18

  Al Haggar, Mohammad ^a,b   El Baz, Rizk ^a   Youseff, Hisham ^a   Othman, Nierra ^a   Ali, Rabab ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University Children's Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Egypt; Epidemiology; Hyperactivity

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33845516923     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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