Are autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder different manifestations of one overarching disorder? Cognitive and symptom evidence from a clinical and population-based sample

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Van Der Meer, Jolanda M J ^a   Oerlemans, Anoek M ^a   Van Steijn, Daphne J ^a   Lappenschaar, Martijn G A ^b   De Sonneville, Leo M J ^c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a   Rommelse, Nanda N J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); autism spectrum disorder (ASD); cognition; heterogeneity; latent class analysis (LCA)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONNER PARENT RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84867899358     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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