A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Abstract The Nordic countries were screened for the occurrence of cases of autism with a same‐sexed twin under age 25 years. Twenty‐one pairs (11 monozygotic and 10 dizygotic) of twins and one set of identical triplets were found and extensively examined. The concordance for autism by pair was 91% i...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x 2024-06-02T08:09:12+00:00 A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Steffenburg, Suzanne Gillberg, Christopher Hellgren, Lars Andersson, Lena Gillberg, I. Carina Jakobsson, Gun Bohman, Michael 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x/fullpdf en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry volume 30, issue 3, page 405-416 ISSN 0021-9630 1469-7610 journal-article 1989 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x 2024-05-06T07:00:56Z Abstract The Nordic countries were screened for the occurrence of cases of autism with a same‐sexed twin under age 25 years. Twenty‐one pairs (11 monozygotic and 10 dizygotic) of twins and one set of identical triplets were found and extensively examined. The concordance for autism by pair was 91% in the monozygotic and 0% in the dizygotic pairs. The corresponding concordances for cognitive disorder were 91% and 30% respectively. In most of the pairs discordant for autism, the autistic twin had more perinatal stress. The results lend support for the notion that autism sometimes has a hereditary component and that perinatal stress is involved in some cases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Norway Triplets ENVELOPE(-59.750,-59.750,-62.383,-62.383) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 30 3 405 416 |
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Abstract The Nordic countries were screened for the occurrence of cases of autism with a same‐sexed twin under age 25 years. Twenty‐one pairs (11 monozygotic and 10 dizygotic) of twins and one set of identical triplets were found and extensively examined. The concordance for autism by pair was 91% in the monozygotic and 0% in the dizygotic pairs. The corresponding concordances for cognitive disorder were 91% and 30% respectively. In most of the pairs discordant for autism, the autistic twin had more perinatal stress. The results lend support for the notion that autism sometimes has a hereditary component and that perinatal stress is involved in some cases. |
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Steffenburg, Suzanne Gillberg, Christopher Hellgren, Lars Andersson, Lena Gillberg, I. Carina Jakobsson, Gun Bohman, Michael |
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Steffenburg, Suzanne Gillberg, Christopher Hellgren, Lars Andersson, Lena Gillberg, I. Carina Jakobsson, Gun Bohman, Michael A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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Steffenburg, Suzanne Gillberg, Christopher Hellgren, Lars Andersson, Lena Gillberg, I. Carina Jakobsson, Gun Bohman, Michael |
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A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden |
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twin study of autism in denmark, finland, iceland, norway and sweden |
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