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Brief Report: Relationship between non-verbal IQ and gender in autism.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Jan 2009
Banach Ryan, Thompson Ann, Szatmari Peter, Goldberg Jeremy, Tuff Lawrence, Zwaigenbaum Lonnie, Mahoney William
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It has been proposed that females at risk for autism are protected in some way, so that only those with the greatest genetic liability are affected. Consequently, affected male siblings of females with autism should be more impaired than affected male siblings of male probands. One hundred and ninety-four (194) families with a single child with autism (simplex, SPX) and 154 families with more than one child with...
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