Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 416-425 , April 2008

Neuropsychological Function in Adolescent Girls With Conduct Disorder

,Accepted 3 December 2007.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (MH01285-04, PI: Kathleen Pajer). The authors thank Judith Navratil, Barbara LeBeau, Shirley Conti, Stephen Neal, and Phyllis Wanetick for help in collecting these data, Dr. Greg Slomka for suggestions on test selection, and Karen Carter for manuscript preparation.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Stephen P. Hinshaw in this issue.Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181640828

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 416-425 , April 2008

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