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Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities

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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) remains the most common childhood school-related behavioral problem.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), Kansas, MO, USA

    Nash N. Boutros

  2. The Center for Behavioral Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), 1000 East 24th Street, Kansas, MO, 64108, USA

    Nash N. Boutros

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Boutros, N.N. (2013). Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities. In: Standard EEG: A Research Roadmap for Neuropsychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04444-6_13

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