Sex differences in repetitive stereotyped behaviors in autism: Implications for genetic liability

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Szatmari, Peter ^a   Liu, Xiao Qing ^b   Goldberg, Jeremy ^a   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^c   Paterson, Andrew D ^d,e   Woodbury Smith, Marc ^a   Georgiades, Stelios ^a   Duku, Eric ^a   Thompson, Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Repetitive behaviors; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83755163060     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31238     Document Type: Article

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