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Association of the DAT1 genotype with inattentive behavior is mediated by reading ability in a general population sample.
Brain and cognition - 1 Dec 2011
Cornish Kim M, Savage Robert, Hocking Darren R, Hollis Chris P
Abstract excerpt
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disability (RD) frequently co-occur in the child population and therefore raise the possibility of shared genetic etiology. We used a quantitative trait loci (QTL) approach to assess the involvement of the dopamine transporter (DAT1) gene polymorphism in mediating reading disability and poor attention in a general population sample of primary school...
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