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Attention deficits and clumsiness in Swedish 7-year-old children

  1. Björn Kadesjö MD,
  2. Christopher Gillberg MD, PhD*

Article first published online: 12 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12356.x

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Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Volume 40, Issue 12, pages 796–804, December 1998

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Kadesjö, B. and Gillberg, C. (1998), Attention deficits and clumsiness in Swedish 7-year-old children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 40: 796–804. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12356.x

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Göteborg, Sahlgren University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

**Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Göteborg, Sahlgren University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden.

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  1. Issue published online: 12 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 12 NOV 2008
  3. Accepted for publication 27th July 1998

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