Shared cognitive impairments and aetiology in ADHD symptoms and reading difficulties.

Twin studies indicate that the frequent co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and reading difficulties (RD) is largely due to shared genetic influences. Both disorders are associated with multiple cognitive impairments, but it remains unclear which cognitive impai...

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Main Authors: Celeste H M Cheung, Alexis C Frazier-Wood, Philip Asherson, Fruhling Rijsdijk, Jonna Kuntsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041781?pdf=render