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Do candidate genes discriminate patients with an autism spectrum disorder from those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and is there an effect of lifetime substance use disorders?
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Aug 2010
Sizoo Bram, van den Brink Wim, Franke Barbara, Vasquez Alejandro Arias, van Wijngaarden-Cremers Patricia, van der Gaag Rutger Jan
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OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are developmental disorders that overlap in a number of domains, sometimes complicating clinical distinction between both disorders. Although there is some evidence for a genetic overlap, there are no reports on genes that could differentiate between ASD and ADHD. Furthermore, it is not known whether this genetic overlap...
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