title: Evaluation of Cutaneous Findings in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Preliminary Study.
abstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by attention, concentration, mobility, and impulse control problems and is among the most frequently seen psychiatric disorders during childhood. Our aim was to evaluate cutaneous findings in children and adolescents with ADHD. In our study we found that onychophagy, traumatic skin changes, atopy and related symptoms, certain birthmarks, and acne were frequent cutaneous findings in children with ADHD. Although a limitation is the lack of a control group, ADHD is very common, and our study suggests that further studies of cutaneous findings and ADHD are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaya Erdogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Saniye Tulin
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Fıdan
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Isil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bulur
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tekden
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karapınar
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Nurhan
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Saracoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*