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The familial co-aggregation of ASD and ADHD: a register-based cohort study.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Feb 2018
Ghirardi L, Brikell I, Kuja-Halkola R, Freitag C M, Franke B, Asherson P, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently co-occur. The presence of a genetic link between ASD and ADHD symptoms is supported by twin studies, but the genetic overlap between clinically ascertained ASD and ADHD remains largely unclear. We therefore investigated how ASD and ADHD co-aggregate in individuals and in families to test for the presence of a shared...
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