Pharmacotherapy of aggression in a 9-year-old with ADHD
Robert L Findling1, Jeffrey H Newcorn1, Richard P Malone1
1Dr. Findling is with the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University; Dr. Newcorn is with the Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York; Drs. Malone and Waheed are with the Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; Dr. Prince is with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston; and Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
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