Quantifying and modeling birth order effects in autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Turner, Tychele ^a   Pihur, Vasyl ^a   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIRTH ORDER; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 80054789443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026418     Document Type: Article

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