Association between extreme autistic traits and intellectual disability: Insights from a general population twin study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-536

  Hoekstra, R A ^a,b   Happe F ^c   Baron Cohen, S ^d   Ronald, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 72149114373     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.060889     Document Type: Article

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