The Age at Onset of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Is age-at-onset criterion relevant for the response to methylphenidate in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?
OBJECTIVE Since DSM-IV criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) require that some symptoms causing impairment must be present before 7 years of age, clinicians are faced with a diagnostic and treatment dilemma on how to proceed with late-onset ADHD patients. We aimed to compare the response to methylphenidate between a group of patients fulfilling all DSM-IV ADHD criteria (f...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-953X,1535-7228
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060796