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Is There a Female Protective Effect Against Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? Evidence From Two Representative Twin Samples

OBJECTIVE: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more frequent in males than in females. The “female protective effect” posits that females undergo greater exposure to etiological factors than males in order to develop ADHD, leading to the prediction that relatives of females with ADHD...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Mark J., Lichtenstein, Paul, Larsson, Henrik, Anckarsäter, Henrik, Greven, Corina U., Ronald, Angelica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4896985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27238069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.004