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Facial emotion recognition deficits in relatives of children with autism are not associated with 5HTTLPR.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) - 1 Sept 2011
Neves Maila de Castro Lourenço das, Tremeau Fabien, Nicolato Rodrigo, Lauar Hélio, Romano-Silva Marco Aurélio, Correa Humberto
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OBJECTIVE: A large body of evidence suggests that several aspects of face processing are impaired in autism and that this impairment might be hereditary. This study was aimed at assessing facial emotion recognition in parents of children with autism and its associations with a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter (5HTTLPR). METHOD: We evaluated 40 parents of children with autism and 41 healthy...
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