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Sibling recurrence and the genetic epidemiology of autism.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Nov 2010
Constantino John N, Zhang Yi, Frazier Thomas, Abbacchi Anna M, Law Paul
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OBJECTIVE: Although the symptoms of autism exhibit quantitative distributions in nature, estimates of recurrence risk in families have never previously considered or incorporated quantitative characterization of the autistic phenotype among siblings. METHOD: The authors report the results of quantitative characterization of 2,920 children from 1,235 families participating in a national volunteer register, with at...
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