Do candidate genes discriminate patients with an autism spectrum disorder from those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and is there an effect of lifetime substance use disorders?

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-708

  Sizoo, Bram ^a,b   Van Den Brink, Wim ^c,d   Franke, Barbara ^b,e   Vasquez, Alejandro Arias ^b,e   Van Wijngaarden Cremers, Patricia ^a,b   Van Der Gaag, Rutger Jan ^b  

^a Dimence Institute of Mental Health   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Human Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Genetics; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ALLELE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954368942     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2010.480985     Document Type: Article

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