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Neuroanatomic variation in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for the narrow phenotype for autism.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2004
Kates Wendy R, Burnette Courtney P, Eliez Stephan, Strunge Leslie Abbott, Kaplan Desmond, Landa Rebecca, Reiss Allan L, Pearlson Godfrey D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The broader autism phenotype includes relatives of individuals with autism who display social and language deficits that are qualitatively similar to those of autism but less severe. In previous studies of monozygotic twins discordant for autism, more than 75% of the twins without autism displayed the broader phenotype. Differences in neuroanatomy between discordant monozygotic twins might be...
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