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The factor structure of autistic traits.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 May 2004
Constantino John N, Gruber Christian P, Davis Sandra, Hayes Stephanie, Passanante Natalie, Przybeck Thomas
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BACKGROUND: Although DSM-IV requires symptoms in three criterion domains for a diagnosis of autistic disorder, the extent to which those domains are phenotypically independent is an unanswered and important question. The identification of 'endophenotypes' of the autistic syndrome may be very useful for genetic and neurobiologic studies of autism, but only if they represent truly independent sub domains of the...
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