What should be said to the lay public regarding ADHD etiology

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 989-991

  Gonon, Francois ^a,b   Bezard, Erwan ^a,b   Boraud, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; LEAD; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 80054857030     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31236     Document Type: Letter

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