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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

PMID: 11951183
PMCID: PMC447617
DOI: 10.1086/340364

Increased rate of twins among affected sibling pairs with autism

Catalina Betancur et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May.

. 2002 May;70(5):1381-3.

doi: 10.1086/340364.

Authors

Catalina Betancur, Marion Leboyer, Christopher Gillberg

PMID: 11951183
PMCID: PMC447617
DOI: 10.1086/340364

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Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs.
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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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