Title |
Autism and the broad autism phenotype: familial patterns and intergenerational transmission
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Published in |
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1866-1955-5-11 |
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Authors |
Noah J Sasson, Kristen SL Lam, Morgan Parlier, Julie L Daniels, Joseph Piven |
Abstract |
Features of the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) are disproportionately prevalent in parents of a child with autism, highlighting familial patterns indicative of heritability. It is unclear, however, whether the presence of BAP features in both parents confers an increased liability for autism. The current study explores whether the presence of BAP features in two biological parents occurs more frequently in parents of a child with autism relative to comparison parents, whether parental pairs of a child with autism more commonly consist of one or two parents with BAP features, and whether these features are associated with severity of autism behaviors in probands. |
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Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
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