Journal article
Familial Factors Influence Level of Functioning in Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether siblings with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) tend to have the same type and number of PDD symptoms or a similar level of functioning.
METHOD: The familial correlations for PDD subtype, symptom totals, adaptive behaviors, and nonverbal IQ were calculated for 94 children with PDD from 46 families.
Authors
MACLEAN JE; SZATMARI P; JONES MB; BRYSON SE; MAHONEY WJ; BARTOLUCCI G; TUFF L
Journal
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 746–753
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 1999
DOI
10.1097/00004583-199906000-00023
ISSN
0890-8567