Lack of executive function deficits among adult ADHD individuals from a Brazilian clinical sample;Ausência de déficits de funções executivas em adultos portadores de TDAH provenientes de amostra clínica Brasileira

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-37

  Saboya, Eloisa ^a   Coutinho, Gabriel ^a   Segenreich, Daniel ^a   Ayrão, Vanessa ^a   Mattos, Paulo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adults; Attention; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Executive functions; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951794840     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1980-57642009DN30100007     Document Type: Article

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