Cognitive strengths and deficits in schoolchildren with ADHD

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 756-761

  Ek, Ulla ^a   Fernell, Elisabeth ^b   Westerlund, Joakim ^a   Holmberg, Kirsten ^b   Olsson, Per Olof ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACID profile; ADHD; WISC

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE;

EID: 34247549707     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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