Autistic traits in the general population: A twin study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 524-530

  Constantino, John N ^a   Todd, Richard D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0037629077     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.5.524     Document Type: Article

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