Strong genetic influences on the stability of autistic traits in childhood

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-230

  Holmboe, Karla ^a   Rijsdijk, Fruhling V ^b   Hallett, Victoria ^b   Happé, Francesca ^b   Plomin, Robert ^b   Ronald, Angelica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; autistic traits; behavior genetics; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TWINS; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD ASPERGER SYNDROME TEST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ENGLAND; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; WALES;

EID: 84893164624     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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