Family and twin studies in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Key Issues in Mental Health

Volumn 176, Issue , 2010, Pages 38-57

  Freitag, Christine Margarete ^a,c   Retz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 77956136438     PISSN: 16624874     EISSN: 16624882     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000258448     Document Type: Article

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