Integrated genome-wide association study findings: Identification of a neurodevelopmental network for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Poelmans, Geert ^a,b   Pauls, David L ^a,b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b   Franke, Barbara ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; NEURITES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79955135758     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10070948     Document Type: Review

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