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Evidence of a distinct behavioral phenotype in young boys with fragile X syndrome and autism.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Dec 2012
Wolff Jason J, Bodfish James W, Hazlett Heather C, Lightbody Amy A, Reiss Allan L, Piven Joseph
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OBJECTIVE: How does the behavioral expression of autism in fragile X syndrome (FXS + Aut) compare with idiopathic autism (iAut)? Although social impairments and restricted, repetitive behaviors are common to these variants of autism, closer examination of these symptom domains may reveal meaningful similarities and differences. To this end, the specific behaviors comprising the social and repetitive behavioral...
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