Depressive symptomatology in child and adolescent twins with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or developmental coordination disorder

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-596

  Piek, Jan P ^a   Rigoli, Daniela ^a   Pearsall Jones, Jillian G ^a   Martin, Neilson C ^a   Hay, David A ^a   Bennett, Kellie S ^b   Levy, Florence ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34548285410     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.4.587     Document Type: Article

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