Borderline personality traits and adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A genetic analysis of comorbidity

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 817-825

  Distel, Marijn A ^a,b   Carlier, Angela ^a   Middeldorp, Christel M ^a,b,c   Derom, Catherine A ^d   Lubke, Gitta H ^e   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Comorbidity; Etiology; Genetics; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052474631     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31226     Document Type: Article

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