On the Autistic Spectrum Disorder concordance rates of twins and non-twin siblings

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 789-791

  Bohm, H V ^a   Stewart, M G ^a   Healy, A M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREGNANCY; SIBLING; TWINS;

BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIBLINGS; TWINS; UTERUS;

EID: 84886782221     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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