Clinical presentation of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a function of the gender;Presentación clínica del trastorno por déficit de atención-hiperactividad como función del género

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-468

  Montiel Nava, Cecilia ^a,b,c   Montiel Barbero, Isabel ^a   Peña, Joaquín A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c Sector La Lago   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Disruptive disorders; Gender

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 38849209938     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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