Defining genetically meaningful language and personality traits in relatives of individuals with fragile X syndrome and relatives of individuals with autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 660-668

  Losh, Molly ^a   Klusek, Jessica ^b,c   Martin, Gary E ^b,c   Sideris, John ^c   Parlier, Morgan ^b   Piven, Joseph ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Broad autism phenotype; FMR1; Fragile X premutation; Fragile X syndrome; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84864936951     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32070     Document Type: Article

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