Defining the broader, medium and narrow autism phenotype among parents using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)

Molecular Autism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wheelwright, Sally ^a   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77956385763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-1-10     Document Type: Article

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