Journal article
Genetics of Autism: Overview and New Directions
Abstract
Genetic epidemiology is the study of inherited factors involved in the etiology of a disease or disorder and uses the methods of both medical genetics and clinical epidemiology. In general, genetic epidemiology tries to answer the following four questions: Is the disorder inherited; What phenotype is inherited; How is it inherited or what is the mode of transmission; and What is the nature of the genetic mutation, if any, that gives rise to the …
Authors
Szatmari P; Jones MB; Zwaigenbaum L; MacLean JE
Journal
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 351–368
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
October 1998
DOI
10.1023/a:1026096203946
ISSN
0162-3257