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A family study of autism: cognitive patterns and levels in parents and siblings.

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Sept 1997

Fombonne E, Bolton P, Prior J, Jordan H, Rutter M

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First-degree relatives of 99 autism probands and of 36 Down's syndrome controls were assessed with standardised tests of intellectual functioning, reading, and spelling. Higher mean verbal IQ scores, and discrepancies in favour of verbal scores, were characteristic of autism relatives. No consist...

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PMID: 9315977
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01694.x

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