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Social responsiveness, an autism endophenotype: genomewide significant linkage to two regions on chromosome 8.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2015
Lowe Jennifer K, Werling Donna M, Constantino John N, Cantor Rita M, Geschwind Daniel H
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OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by deficits in social function and the presence of repetitive and restrictive behaviors. Following a previous test of principle, the authors adopted a quantitative approach to discovering genes contributing to the broader autism phenotype by using social responsiveness as an endophenotype for autism spectrum disorder. METHOD: Linkage analyses using scores from...
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