Modafinil as a treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adolescents: A double blind, randomized clinical trial

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Amiri, Shahrokh ^a,b   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad ^c   Nouroozinejad, Gholam Hossein ^d   Kahbazi, Manijeh ^e   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Methylphenidate; Modafinil

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FILM COATING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349081730     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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