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SUBMITTER: Frazier TW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104233 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frazier Thomas W TW Thompson Lee L Youngstrom Eric A EA Law Paul P Hardan Antonio Y AY Eng Charis C Morris Nathan N
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20140801 8
The present study examined genetic and shared environment contributions to quantitatively-measured autism symptoms and categorically-defined autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants included 568 twins from the Interactive Autism Network. Autism symptoms were obtained using the Social Communication Questionnaire and Social Responsiveness Scale. Categorically-defined ASD was based on clinical diagnoses. DeFries-Fulker and liability threshold models examined etiologic influences. Very high her ...[more]