Executive functions as endophenotypes in ADHD: Evidence from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB)

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 838-849

  Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a   Shang, Chi Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; CANTAB; Endophenotype; Executive functions; Unaffected siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIBLING; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIBLINGS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953222111     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02215.x     Document Type: Article

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