The female protective effect against autism spectrum disorder

The female protective effect against autism spectrum disorder

Summary: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed three to four times more frequently in males than in females. Genetic studies of rare variants support a female protective effect (FPE) against ASD. However, sex differences in common inherited genetic risk for ASD are less studied, particularly w...

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Main Authors: Emilie M. Wigdor, Daniel J. Weiner, Jakob Grove, Jack M. Fu, Wesley K. Thompson, Caitlin E. Carey, Nikolas Baya, Celia van der Merwe, Raymond K. Walters, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Duncan S. Palmer, Anders Rosengren, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, David M. Hougaard, Preben Bo Mortensen, Mark J. Daly, Michael E. Talkowski, Stephan J. Sanders, Somer L. Bishop, Anders D. Børglum, Elise B. Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Cell Genomics
Subjects:
ASD
autism
genetics
genomics
epidemiology
sex differences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666979X22000635

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