Quantitative assessment of autism symptom-related traits in probands and parents: Broader phenotype autism symptom scale

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 523-536

  Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Estes, Annette ^a,b   Munson, Jeffrey ^a   Schellenberg, Gerard ^a,c   Bernier, Raphael ^a   Abbott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Broader phenotype; Genetics; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONVERSATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847660511     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0182-2     Document Type: Article

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