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Testing assumptions for endophenotype studies in ADHD: reliability and validity of tasks in a general population sample.
BMC psychiatry - 1 Nov 2005
Kuntsi Jonna, Andreou Penny, Ma Jonathan, Börger Norbert A, van der Meere Jaap J
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BACKGROUND: Advances in both genetic and cognitive-experimental studies on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have opened new opportunities for cognitive endophenotype research. In such genetic designs the focus is on individual differences in characteristics, associated with ADHD, that can be measured reliably over time. Genetic studies that take a 'quantitative trait loci' approach hypothesise that...
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