From Regulatory Problems in Infancy to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood: A Moderating Role for the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Becker, Katja ^a,b   Blomeyer, Dorothea ^b   El Faddagh, Mahha ^c   Esser, Guenter ^d   Schmidt, Martin H ^b   Banaschewski, Tobias ^b   Laucht, Manfred ^b,d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Clinical Center Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77950517534     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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