ADHD symptoms and maturity-a follow-up study in school children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1536-1539

  Gustafsson, P ^a   Holmstrom E ^b   Besjakov, J ^b   Karlsson, M K ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD symptoms; Biological maturity; Catch up; Maturational lag; Skeletal bone age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BONE AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77956371348     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01851.x     Document Type: Article

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