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Susceptibility genes for a trait measure of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a pilot study in a non-clinical sample of twins.
Psychiatry research - 31 Dec 2001
Payton A, Holmes J, Barrett J H, Sham P, Harrington R, McGuffin P, Owen M, Ollier W, Worthington J, Thapar A
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable disorder, and molecular genetic studies are underway, with most researchers focusing on identifying susceptibility genes in clinical samples with ADHD. An alternative approach is to search for quantitative trait loci underlying the trait measure of ADHD in non-clinical samples. Positive findings of association of the dopamine transporter DAT1...
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