Clinical response and symptomatic remission in children treated with lisdexamfetamine dimesylate for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 559-568

  Findling, Robert L ^a   Adeyi, Ben ^b   Chen, Gary ^c   Dirks, Bryan ^c   Babcock, Thomas ^f   Scheckner, Brian ^a   Pharm, D ^f   Lasser, Robert ^c   Pucci, Michael L ^f   Abdullah, Huda I ^d   McGough, James J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b SHIRE   (United States)

^c Shire Development Inc   (United States)

^d Health Learning Systems   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISDEXAMFETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77957363439     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900000535     Document Type: Article

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