Decomposing the autism phenotype into familial dimensions

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Szatmari, Peter ^a,e   Mérette, Chantal ^c   Emond, Claudia ^c   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a   Jones, Marshall B ^b   Maziade, Michel ^c   Roy, Marc Andre ^c   Palmour, Roberta ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Genetics; Phenotype; Sib pairs familiality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37849029541     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30561     Document Type: Article

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