Autistic features in girls from a psychiatric sample are strongly associated with a low 2D:4D ratio

Autism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 511-521

  De Bruin, Esther I ^a   De Nijs, Pieter F A ^a   Verheij, Fop ^a   Verhagen, Debora H ^a   Ferdinand, Robert F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Digit ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDEX FINGER; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70349498500     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309335720     Document Type: Article

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