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Temperament and character profiles and the dopamine D4 receptor gene in ADHD.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2005
Lynn Deborah E, Lubke Gitta, Yang May, McCracken James T, McGough James J, Ishii Janeen, Loo Sandra K, Nelson Stanley F, Smalley Susan L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to investigate the link among attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, novelty-seeking temperament, and the 48-base pair (bp) dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene variant. METHOD: This study drew from a larger molecular genetic study of ADHD in which the ascertainment criterion was having an affected sibling pair with ADHD. Parents (N=171) from 96 families provided...
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