Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs

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Peter M Visscher. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Oct.

. 2002 Oct;71(4):995-6; author reply 996-9.

doi: 10.1086/342991.

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Excess of twins among affected sibling pairs with autism: implications for the etiology of autism.
Greenberg DA, Hodge SE, Sowinski J, Nicoll D. Greenberg DA, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Nov;69(5):1062-7. doi: 10.1086/324191. Epub 2001 Oct 2. Am J Hum Genet. 2001. PMID: 11590546 Free PMC article.
Increased rate of twins among affected sibling pairs with autism.
Betancur C, Leboyer M, Gillberg C. Betancur C, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May;70(5):1381-3. doi: 10.1086/340364. Am J Hum Genet. 2002. PMID: 11951183 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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