INFANTILE AUTISM: A GENETIC STUDY OF 21 TWIN PAIRS

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 297-321

  Folstein, Susan ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetics; infantile autism; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0017530988     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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