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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Published in:Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Main Authors: Steffenburg, Suzanne, Gillberg, Christopher, Hellgren, Lars, Andersson, Lena, Gillberg, I. Carina, Jakobsson, Gun, Bohman, Michael
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1989
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00254.x
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