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dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Alysa E.
dc.contributor.authorFaraone, Stephen V.
dc.contributor.authorDuPre, Emily P.
dc.contributor.authorBiederman, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-12T17:31:43Z
dc.date.available2021-10-12T17:31:43Z
dc.date.issued2001-10
dc.identifier.issn0002-953X
dc.identifier.eissn1535-7228
dc.identifier.doi10.1176/appi.ajp.158.10.1666
dc.identifier.pii10.1176/appi.ajp.158.10.1666
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/6968
dc.description.abstractObjective: Familial risk analysis was used to clarify the relationship in girls between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities in either mathematics or reading. Method: The authors assessed the presence of ADHD and learning disabilities in 679 first-degree relatives of three groups of index children: girls with ADHD and a comorbid learning disability, girls with ADHD but no learning disabilities, and a comparison group of girls without ADHD. Results: The risk for ADHD was similarly higher in families of ADHD probands with and without learning disabilities; both groups had significantly higher rates of ADHD than did families of the comparison girls. In contrast, only among relatives of ADHD probands with a learning disability was there a higher risk for learning disabilities. A strong (although statistically nonsignificant) difference emerged that suggested at least some degree of cosegregation of ADHD and learning disabilities in family members. There was no evidence of nonrandom mating between spouses with ADHD and learning disabilities. Conclusions: These results extend previously reported findings regarding the relationship of ADHD and learning disabilities to female subjects and raise the possibility that, in girls, the relationship between ADHD and learning disabilities is due to shared familial risk factors.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Psychiatric Association Publishingen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Mental healthen_US
dc.titleSeparating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities in Girls: A Familial Risk Analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.source.journaltitleAmerican Journal of Psychiatryen_US
dc.source.volume158
dc.source.issue10
dc.source.beginpage1666
dc.source.endpage1672
dc.description.versionAMen_US
refterms.dateFOA2002-10-30T00:00:00Z
dc.description.institutionUpstate Medical Universityen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychiatryen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US


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