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Evidence that autistic traits show the same etiology in the general population and at the quantitative extremes (5%, 2.5%, and 1%).
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 2011
Robinson Elise B, Koenen Karestan C, McCormick Marie C, Munir Kerim, Hallett Victoria, Happé Francesca, Plomin Robert, Ronald Angelica
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CONTEXT: Genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of both autism spectrum disorders and autistic traits. However, little is known about the etiologic consistency of autistic traits across levels of severity. OBJECTIVE: To compare the etiology of typical variation in autistic traits with extreme scoring groups (including top 1%) that mimicked the prevalence of diagnosed autism spectrum disorders in...
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