Genetic Variance for Autism Screening Items in an Unselected Sample of Toddler-Age Twins

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Stilp, Rebecca L H ^a   Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a   Schweigert, Emily K ^a   Arneson, Carrie L ^a   Goldsmith, H Hill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Genetics; Screening; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TODDLER; TWINS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 76749150349     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201003000-00010     Document Type: Article

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