Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Gender- and age-related differences in neurocognition

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1337-1345

  Balint S ^a   Czobor, P ^a,b   Komlosi S ^a   Meszaros A ^a   Simon, V ^a   Bitter, I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Age; Attention; Gender; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROL GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549105581     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004236     Document Type: Article

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