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Subclassification of Hyperactive Children on the Basis of Minor Physical Anomalies and Plasma Dopamine-Beta-Hydroxylase Activity: An Attempted Replication

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It is generally accepted that the hyperactive reaction of childhood (Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity in DSM-III) probably represents several discrete disorders which, though similar in manifest symptomatology, differ with regard to etiological antecedents. Attempts to subclassify hyperkinetic children have been few.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Laurence L. Greenhill M.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Baron Shopsin M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry) (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

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Mattes, J.A., Gittelman, R., Levitt, M. (1984). Subclassification of Hyperactive Children on the Basis of Minor Physical Anomalies and Plasma Dopamine-Beta-Hydroxylase Activity: An Attempted Replication. In: Greenhill, L.L., Shopsin, B. (eds) The Psychobiology of Childhood. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6701-7_8

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