%0 Journal Article %T Clinical and neuropsychological profile in a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders %A Rizzutti %A Sueli %A Sinnes %A Elaine Gir£¿o %A Scaramuzza %A Luzia Flavia %A Freitas %A L¨ªvia %A Pinheiro %A Denise %A Palma %A Sonia M. %A Mello %A Claudia Berlim %A Miranda %A Monica Carolina %A Bueno %A Orlando Francisco Amadeo %A Muszkat %A Mauro %J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria %D 2008 %I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO %R 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000600009 %X the aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and neuropsychological findings in children with suspicion of attention deficity hyperactivity disorder (adhd). the assessment involved 150 children aged 7 to 14 referred to nani at unifesp. results: 75 children (55 m and 20 f) fulfilled the criteria for adhd, among which 35 were of the inattentive type, 28 of combined type and 12 were hyperactive/impulsive. there was negative correlation between the digit score and the corsi test. children with hyperactivity and impulsivity had a low performance for functional memory. children with oppositional defiant disorder presented pattern changes in adaptability when there was a change in the rhythm the stimuli were presented and lower adaptation to time variability (hit rt), in addition to higher rates of omission in the continuous performance test. conclusion: this study suggests multiple interrelations between the scores of neuropsychological battery useful for detailed delimitation of the clinical profile of children with adhd. %K attention deficit disorder %K children %K hyperactivity %K multidisciplinary %K comorbities. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2008000600009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en