Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 192-198 , 30 December 2009

ADHD latent class clusters: DSM-IV subtypes and comorbidity

  • Josephine Elia

      Affiliations

    • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Science Center Suite 200; 3440 Market St. Philadelphia, PA. 19104-6209, United States.
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  • Mauricio Arcos-Burgos

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
    • ,
  • Kelly L. Bolton

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Paul J. Ambrosini

      Affiliations

    • Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Wade Berrettini

      Affiliations

    • The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Maximilian Muenke

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States

Received 28 December 2007 ,Revised 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 13 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 192-198 , 30 December 2009

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