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. 2002 May;70(5):1381-3.
doi: 10.1086/340364.

Increased rate of twins among affected sibling pairs with autism

Catalina Betancur, Marion Leboyer, Christopher Gillberg

Increased rate of twins among affected sibling pairs with autism

Catalina Betancur et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May.
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    1. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/ (for autism [MIM 209850])

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