| Literature DB >> 2324058 |
J Piven1, J Gayle, G A Chase, B Fink, R Landa, M M Wzorek, S E Folstein.
Abstract
The family history method was used to obtain developmental, social, and psychiatric histories on the 67 adult siblings of 37 autistic probands. Two of 67 siblings (3.0%) were autistic, three siblings (4.4%) had severe social dysfunction and isolation, 10 (15%) had cognitive disorders, and 10 (15%) had received treatment for affective disorder. This study is the first to investigate the frequency of disorders in the adult siblings of autistic probands. These results suggest aggregation of a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders in the siblings of autistic individuals.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2324058 DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199003000-00004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry ISSN: 0890-8567 Impact factor: 8.829