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Connective tissue problems and attention deficit and hyperactivity

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CHU Montpellier, 39 Avenue Charles Flahaut, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 05, France

    Carolina Baeza-Velasco, Myriam Soussana & Amaria Baghdadli

  2. Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

    Carolina Baeza-Velasco

  3. Laboratory Epsylon (EA 4556), University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Amaria Baghdadli

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Baeza-Velasco, C., Soussana, M. & Baghdadli, A. Connective tissue problems and attention deficit and hyperactivity. ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord 7, 177–178 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12402-014-0161-y

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