Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1085-1093 , November 2009

Maternal Ratings of Attention Problems in ADHD: Evidence for the Existence of a Continuum

,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Ad Hoc Editor Kenneth Towbin, M.D.This research was supported by Spinozapremie (NWO/SPI 56-464-14192; Twin-family database for behavior genetics and genomics studies (NWO 480-04-004); the VU-CNCR (Centre Neurogenetics/Cognition Research), Developmental Study of Attention Problems in Young Twins (NIMH, RO1 MH58799-03).This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Anita Thapar in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60256-2

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181ba3dbb

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1085-1093 , November 2009

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