Brief report: Parental age and the sex ratio in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1487-1492

  Anello, Alene ^a   Reichenberg, Abraham ^b,c   Luo, Xiaodong ^b   Schmeidler, James ^b   Hollander, Eric ^b   Smith, Christopher J ^b,d   Puleo, Connor M ^b,e   Kryzak, Lauren A ^b,f   Silverman, Jeremy M ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number variants; Genetics; Genomic anomalies; Maternal age; Paternal age; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349601666     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0755-y     Document Type: Article

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