PMC:3901735 / 5725-6830 JSONTXT

{"project":"2_test","denotations":[{"id":"24476627-16306021-76090820","span":{"begin":897,"end":899},"obj":"16306021"}],"text":"Methods\n\nParticipants\nA total of 140 children participated in the study. One hundred and two children with a diagnosis of ADHD were recruited from the outpatient child psychiatry clinic of Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital (Quebec, Canada). Diagnosis of ADHD was based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV27 criteria and made by experienced psychiatrists. Of those 102 children, 45 had never taken any medication to treat their ADHD (drug naïve group), whereas 57 used a psychostimulant drug (stimulant group). Thirty eight children without ADHD were recruited in the community and served as the control group (control). All participants were Caucasian and were third generation French Canadians. Children who had an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 70 (as assessed by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV or Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence III)28 or who had a pervasive developmental disorder or psychosis were excluded. This study was approved by the local ethics committee, and all parents of participating children provided signed informed consent.\n"}

{"project":"NEUROSES","denotations":[{"id":"T507","span":{"begin":322,"end":325},"obj":"CHEBI_38624"},{"id":"T508","span":{"begin":458,"end":462},"obj":"CHEBI_23888"},{"id":"T509","span":{"begin":511,"end":515},"obj":"CHEBI_23888"},{"id":"T510","span":{"begin":469,"end":474},"obj":"CHEBI_24433"},{"id":"T511","span":{"begin":527,"end":532},"obj":"CHEBI_24433"},{"id":"T512","span":{"begin":628,"end":633},"obj":"CHEBI_24433"},{"id":"T513","span":{"begin":754,"end":762},"obj":"PATO_0001470"}],"text":"Methods\n\nParticipants\nA total of 140 children participated in the study. One hundred and two children with a diagnosis of ADHD were recruited from the outpatient child psychiatry clinic of Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital (Quebec, Canada). Diagnosis of ADHD was based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV27 criteria and made by experienced psychiatrists. Of those 102 children, 45 had never taken any medication to treat their ADHD (drug naïve group), whereas 57 used a psychostimulant drug (stimulant group). Thirty eight children without ADHD were recruited in the community and served as the control group (control). All participants were Caucasian and were third generation French Canadians. Children who had an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 70 (as assessed by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV or Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence III)28 or who had a pervasive developmental disorder or psychosis were excluded. This study was approved by the local ethics committee, and all parents of participating children provided signed informed consent.\n"}