Autistic traits in simplex and multiplex autism families: Focus on unaffected relatives

Familial aggregation of quantitative aut

Familial aggregation of quantitative autistic traits in multiplex versus simplex autism

✍ Yamini V. Virkud; Richard D. Todd; Anna M. Abbacchi; Yi Zhang; John N. Constanti 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 135 KB

## Abstract Recent research has suggested that the mode of inheritance for __simplex__ autism (SA, one individual in the family affected) may be distinct from that for __multiplex__ autism (MA, two or more individuals affected). Since sub clinical autistic traits have been observed in “unaffected”