Is it time to revise the definition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-

  Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 77949500378     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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