Effect of co-twin gender on neurodevelopmental symptoms: A twin register study

Molecular Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Eriksson, Jonna Maria ^a   Lundström, Sebastian ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Bejerot, Susanne ^a,c   Eriksson, Elias ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; Autistic disorder; Symptom assessment; Twin study

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TWINS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN; TIC;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TESTOSTERONE; TIC DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 84955237872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-016-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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