A Twin Study of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Dimensions Rated by the Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD-Symptoms and Normal-Behavior (SWAN) Scale

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 700-705

  Hay, David A ^a   Bennett, Kellie S ^a   Levy, Florence ^b   Sergeant, Joseph ^c   Swanson, James ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; EDAC; genetic analysis; SWAN; symptom rating scales; twins

Indexed keywords

ADHD SYMPTOM AND NORMAL BEHAVIOR SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN TWIN BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33847290338     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.04.040     Document Type: Article

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