The prenatal autistic imprinting hypothesis: developmental maladaptation to the environmental changes between womb and the social world.

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Although the importance of biological and genetic aspects of the etiology is well recognized, the pathological process of autism still remains to be elucidated. In contrast to a qualitative dichotomy concept, a dimensional perspective that places the autistic traits as quantitative extremes can easily explain the diversity and subtlety of the clinical features. In a dimensional (quantitative continuum) condition,...

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