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Familial Liability to Epilepsy and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jan 2018
Brikell Isabell, Ghirardi Laura, D'Onofrio Brian M, Dunn David W, Almqvist Catarina, Dalsgaard Søren, Kuja-Halkola Ralf, Larsson Henrik
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BACKGROUND: Epilepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are strongly associated; however, the underlying factors contributing to their co-occurrence remain unclear. A shared genetic liability has been proposed as one possible mechanism. Therefore, our goal in this study was to investigate the familial coaggregation of epilepsy and ADHD and to estimate the contribution of genetic and environmental...
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