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October 4, 2010 at 3:34 pm
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New Scientist also has a story on this.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19528-have-gene-findings-taken-the-stigma-from-adhd.html
I think the truth is that this evidence is pretty weak. From the story posted by Lisa SB:
“In children without ADHD, about 7 per cent of them had deleted or doubled chromosomes in the analyzed gene sequence. But among children with the disorder, researchers discovered about 14 per cent had such genetic alterations. “
Only 14% with the abnormality? That leaves 86% of the ADDers with apparently normal genes.
This issue isn’t going away any time soon….
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