ADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures
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ADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures
BACKGROUND ADHD is diagnosed and treated more often in males than in females. Research on gender differences suggests that girls may be consistently underidentified and underdiagnosed because of differences in the expression of the disorder among boys and girls. One aim of the present study was to assess in a clinical sample of medication naïve boys and girls with ADHD, whether there were signi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-13-298