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Motor flexibility problems as a marker for genetic susceptibility to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Aug 2005
Slaats-Willemse Dorine, de Sonneville Leo, Swaab-Barneveld Hanna, Buitelaar Jan
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BACKGROUND: Since many children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have fine visuomotor problems that are already evident at a young age, motor dysfunctioning is investigated in family-genetic perspective. We hypothesized that if fine motor problems may be a marker for genetic susceptibility to ADHD, nonaffected siblings of ADHD probands would experience motor problems similar to those of their...
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