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Recent advances on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rohde, Luis Augusto Halpern, Ricardo |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVES To describe the main aspects of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, including history, epidemiology, etiology, neurobiology, clinical features, comorbidities, diagnosis, outcome and treatment. SOURCES OF DATA Comprehensive, non-systematic review of the literature on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder has a neurobiological basis, and is highly prevalent in children and adolescents. Treatment is very efficacious, including the use of medication in most the cases. CONCLUSIONS Pediatricians are in a privileged position to detect this disorder early and to start the initial management of less severe cases and of those not complicated by extensive comorbidities. |
| Starting Page | 085501 |
| Ending Page | 085501 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/handle/10183/56221/000506182-02.pdf?sequence=2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jped.com.br/conteudo/04-80-S61/ing.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 15154074v1 |
| Volume Number | 80 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Journal | Jornal de pediatria |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Hyperactive behavior Neurobiology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
