A Danish population-based twin study on autism spectrum disorders

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-43

  Nordenbæk, Claudia ^a   Jørgensen, Meta ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a   Bilenberg, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Concordance rates; Population based; Screening; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 84895076715     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0419-5     Document Type: Article

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