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(Psych Central News) Hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been identified by researchers.Many of the gene variations identified were already known to be important for learning, behavior, brain function and neurodevelopment, but had not been previously associated with ADHD."Because the gene ... ...


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Mol Psychiatry. 2009 Jun 23.
Rare structural variants found in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are preferentially associated with neurodevelopmental genes.
Elia J, Gai X, Xie HM, Perin JC, Geiger E, Glessner JT, D'arcy M, Deberardinis R, Frackelton E, Kim C, Lantieri F, Muganga BM, Wang L, Takeda T, Rappaport EF, Grant SF, Berrettini W, Devoto M, Shaikh TH, Hakonarson H, White PS.

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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