Brief report: On the concordance percentages for autistic spectrum disorder of Twins

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 806-808

  Bohm, Henry V ^a   Stewart, Melbourne G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Concordances; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; UTERUS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 67349133123     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0683-2     Document Type: Article

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