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Comorbid symptoms of inattention, autism, and executive cognition in youth with putative genetic risk.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Mar 2018
Arnett Anne B, Cairney Brianna E, Wallace Arianne S, Gerdts Jennifer, Turner Tychele N, Eichler Evan E, Bernier Raphael A
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BACKGROUND: Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and inattention (IA) are highly comorbid and associated with deficits in executive cognition. Cognitive deficits have been posited as candidate endophenotypes of psychiatric traits, but few studies have conceptualized cognitive deficits as psychiatric comorbidities. The latter model is consistent with a latent factor reflecting broader liability to...
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