Neurological soft signs in a sample of Egyptian ADHD children and their clinical correlates
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mona M. El Sheikh; Nesreen Mohsen; Azza A.N. Abdel Aziz; Sherien Ahmed Khalil; Asmaa M. Hassan
- Source
- Middle East Current Psychiatry. 23:51-55
- Subject
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Brain maturation
Soft neurological signs
medicine.disease
Neurological soft signs
behavioral disciplines and activities
03 medical and health sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health
0302 clinical medicine
Neurodevelopmental disorder
030225 pediatrics
mental disorders
Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-5408
IntroductionAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children. It has been found to be etiologically related to delayed brain maturation. Hence, soft neurological signs (NSS) could be a tool to assess ADHD. Moreover, the correlation of neurological s