Intra-individual variability in ADHD, autism spectrum disorders and Tourette's syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3030-3041

  Geurts, Hilde M ^a   Grasman, Raoul P P P ^a   Verté, Sylvie ^c   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^b   Roeyers, Herbert ^c   van Kammen, Serena M ^a   Sergeant, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Endophenotype; Oscillations; Tourette's syndrome; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 50549087030     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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