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You are right in picking up that clinical and research experts on ADHD consider it on a spectrum with normal behavior. That is why many of the PRS studies try to look at the degree of ADHD symptomatology rather than just make it a categorical distinction.

Genetics can have a role in passing on either spectrum-based or categorical conditions; the polygenic pattern appears more often with spectrum based conditions.

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John Kruse MD, PhD
John Kruse MD, PhD

Written by John Kruse MD, PhD

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