🔴 'Early developmental impact of sex chromosome trisomies on attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder symptomology in young children.'

Listen to the first international study that shows signs of ADHD can be detected in 1 in 4 children with an extra X or Y chromosome already from the age of 1 year old onwards.

As a result, the authors call for clinicians to perform early assessment of strengths, weaknesses and needs already in toddlerhood, as well as provide support for parents with frequent follow-ups.

By Kimberly Kuiper, Hanna Swaab, Nicole Tartaglia, Sophie van Rijn

Publication: American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2021

Keywords: #ADHD, #DevelopmentalPsychopathology, #KlinefelterSyndrome, #SexChromosomes, #TrisomyXsyndrome

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