Autism spectrum disorder: Prevalence and cause may be bound together

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-89

  Simonoff, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERD IMMUNITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MIGRATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOPATHY; STEREOTYPY; TWINS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84864554116     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.104703     Document Type: Review

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