Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 286-292 , May 2010

Temperament and character dimensions associated with clinical characteristics and treatment outcome in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder boys

  • Diane Purper-Ouakil

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
    • INSERM U 675 / INSERM U894 Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Equipe 1 “Analyse génétique et clinique des comportements addictifs et psychiatriques”, 75014 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Psychopathologie del'Enfant et del'Adolescent, 75019 Paris, France. Tel.: +33140034708; fax: +33140032297.
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  • Samuele Cortese

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Mathias Wohl

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Louis Mourier Hospital, 92700 Colombes, France
    • ,
  • Valérie Aubron

      Affiliations

    • Université François Rabelais, 37000 Tours, France
    • ,
  • Silvia Orejarena

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Gregory Michel

      Affiliations

    • Université Victor Segalen, Laboratoire de Psychologie EA “Santé et qualité de vie”, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • ,
  • Muriel Asch

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Marie-Christine Mouren

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
    • INSERM U 675 / INSERM U894 Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Equipe 1 “Analyse génétique et clinique des comportements addictifs et psychiatriques”, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Philip Gorwood

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U 675 / INSERM U894 Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Equipe 1 “Analyse génétique et clinique des comportements addictifs et psychiatriques”, 75014 Paris, France
    • CMME, Sainte Anne Hospital, 75014 Paris, France

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.08.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 286-292 , May 2010

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