Broader autism phenotype: Evidence from a family history study of multiple-incidence autism families

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-190

  Piven, Joseph ^a,b   Palmer, Pat ^a   Jacobi, Dinah ^a   Childress, Debra ^a   Arndt, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIOPATHY; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0031035019     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.2.185     Document Type: Article

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