Is autism, at least in part, a disorder of fetal programming?

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1091-1092

  Szatmari, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURITY; RECURRENCE RISK;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80755150149     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.99     Document Type: Editorial

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