Phenotypic and genetic overlap between autistic traits at the extremes of the general population.

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Published in J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry on October 01, 2006

Authors

Angelica Ronald1, Francesca Happé, Thomas S Price, Simon Baron-Cohen, Robert Plomin

Author Affiliations

1: Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. a.ronald@iop.kcl.ac.uk

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