Genetics of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North AmericaPublished 1 April 1994
Stephen V. Faraone, Joseph Biederman
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Abstract
The authors review family, twin, adoption, and segregation analysis studies of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and show that these studies support the hypothesis that both genetic and environmental factors are relevant to the etiology of ADHD.
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