Clinical utility of the Vanderbilt ADHD rating scale for ruling out comorbid learning disorders

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Langberg, Joshua M ^a   Vaughn, Aaron J ^a   Brinkman, William B ^a   Froehlich, Tanya ^a   Epstein, Jeffery N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Learning disorder; Vanderbilt ADHD rating scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; READING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPELLING; TEACHER; VANDERBILT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER RATING SCALE; WRITING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OHIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78049432882     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1267     Document Type: Article

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