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Child Neuropsychology
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Research Article

Improving accuracy of ADHD subtype diagnoses with the ADHD symptom rating scale

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Pages 962-978 | Received 18 Jun 2021, Accepted 16 Feb 2022, Published online: 15 Mar 2022

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