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DRD4 genotyping may differentiate symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and sluggish cognitive tempo.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) - 1 Jan 2000
Bolat Hilmi, Ercan Eyüp S, Ünsel-Bolat Gül, Tahillioğlu Akin, Yazici Kemal U, Bacanli Ali, Pariltay Erhan, Aygüneş Jafari Duygu, Kosova Buket, Özgül Semiha, Rohde Luis A, Akin Haluk
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Studies to reduce the heterogeneity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased interest in the concept of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). The aim of this study was to investigate if the prevalence of two variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) located within the 3'-untranslated region of the DAT1 gene and in exon 3 of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene differ among four groups...
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