Autism spectrum disorders and coexisting disorders in a nationwide Swedish twin study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 702-710

  Lundström, Sebastian ^a,b   Reichenberg, Abraham ^c   Melke, Jonas ^d   Råstam, Maria ^e   Kerekes, Nõra ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^f   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RandD Unit   (Sweden)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; comorbidity; genetics; twins

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84929148230     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12329     Document Type: Article

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