Hyperactive elementary school boys were matched for age and IQ to a group of normal control children, and the frequency of minor physical anomalies in each group was recorded. Although hyperactives had more of these anomalies than the control children there was not a significant correlation between the degree of hyperactivity and the frequency of anomalies.
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