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Using stimulants in children with ADHD.
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Objective To present a case series of children retrialed on stimulants after initial poor stimulant responses given the paucity of information on the usefulness of this strategy. Methods Health records from an ADHD medication service were obtained for six children who: (i) were medication naïve at service entry; (ii) had trials of at least one stimulant from each stimulant class; (iii) subseq...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1865
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)52620-9