Investigating associations between birth order and autism diagnostic phenotypes
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry2020Vol. 62(8), pp. 961–970
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Gail A. Alvares, Melissa K. Licari, Paul Stevenson, Keely Bebbington, Matthew N. Cooper, Emma J. Glasson, Diana Weiting Tan, Mirko Uljarević, Kandice J. Varcin, John Wray, Andrew Whitehouse
Abstract
These findings demonstrate for the first time an association between increasing birth order and variability in ASD clinical phenotypes at diagnosis, with potential evidence of reproductive curtailment in children without siblings. Taken together, these findings have significant implications for advancing understanding about the potential mechanisms that contribute to heterogeneity in ASD clinical presentations as a function of birth order and family size.
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