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Autistic-like traits and their association with mental health problems in two nationwide twin cohorts of children and adults.
Psychological medicine - 1 Nov 2011
Lundström S, Chang Z, Kerekes N, Gumpert C H, Råstam M, Gillberg C, Lichtenstein P, Anckarsäter H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autistic-like traits (ALTs), that is restrictions in intuitive social interaction, communication and flexibility of interests and behaviors, were studied in two population-based Swedish twin studies, one in children and one in adults: (1) to examine whether the variability in ALTs is a meaningful risk factor for concomitant attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, conduct problems,...
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