Brief report: Female-to-male transsexual people and autistic traits

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-306

  Jones, Rebecca M ^a,f   Wheelwright, Sally ^a   Farrell, Krista ^b   Martin, Emma ^c   Green, Richard ^d   Di Ceglie, Domenico ^e   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Lima House Group   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^f Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Conditions; Autism Spectrum Quotient (aq); Co occurrence; Gender Identity Disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MEDIUM AUTISM PHENOTYPE; NARROW AUTISM PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIALIZATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHENOTYPE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84858236746     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1227-8     Document Type: Article

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