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Gene by environment interactions influencing reading disability and the inattentive symptom dimension of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Mar 2012
Rosenberg Jenni, Pennington Bruce F, Willcutt Erik G, Olson Richard K
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BACKGROUND: Reading disability (RD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are comorbid and genetically correlated, especially the inattentive dimension of ADHD (ADHD-I). However, previous research indicates that RD and ADHD enter into opposite gene by environment (G × E) interactions. METHODS: This study used behavioral genetic methods to replicate these opposite G × E interactions in a sample of...
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