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Quantitative trait locus for reading disability on chromosome 6p is pleiotropic for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Apr 2002
Willcutt Erik G, Pennington Bruce F, Smith Shelley D, Cardon Lon R, Gayán Javier, Knopik Valerie S, Olson Richard K, DeFries John C
Abstract excerpt
Comorbidity is pervasive among both adult and child psychiatric disorders; however, the etiological mechanisms underlying the majority of comorbidities are unknown. This study used genetic linkage analysis to assess the etiology of comorbidity between reading disability (RD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), two common childhood disorders that frequently co-occur. Sibling pairs (N = 85) were...
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