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SUBMITTER: Clarke TK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4759203 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clarke T-K TK Lupton M K MK Fernandez-Pujals A M AM Starr J J Davies G G Cox S S Pattie A A Liewald D C DC Hall L S LS MacIntyre D J DJ Smith B H BH Hocking L J LJ Padmanabhan S S Thomson P A PA Hayward C C Hansell N K NK Montgomery G W GW Medland S E SE Martin N G NG Wright M J MJ Porteous D J DJ Deary I J IJ McIntosh A M AM
Molecular psychiatry 20150310 3
Cognitive impairment is common among individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It has been suggested that some aspects of intelligence are preserved or even superior in people with ASD compared with controls, but consistent evidence is lacking. Few studies have examined the genetic overlap between cognitive ability and ASD/ADHD. The aim of this study was to examine the polygenic overlap between ASD/ADHD and cognitive ability in ...[more]