Journal article
Brief Report: Relationship Between Non-verbal IQ and Gender in Autism
Abstract
It has been proposed that females at risk for autism are protected in some way, so that only those with the greatest genetic liability are affected. Consequently, affected male siblings of females with autism should be more impaired than affected male siblings of male probands. One hundred and ninety-four (194) families with a single child with autism (simplex, SPX) and 154 families with more than one child with autism (multiplex, MPX) were …
Authors
Banach R; Thompson A; Szatmari P; Goldberg J; Tuff L; Zwaigenbaum L; Mahoney W
Journal
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 39, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2009
DOI
10.1007/s10803-008-0612-4
ISSN
0162-3257