Overlaps between autism and language impairment: phenomimicry or shared etiology?
Traditionally, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) are regarded as distinct conditions with separate etiologies. Yet these disorders co-occur at above chance levels, suggesting shared etiology. Simulations, however, show that additive pleiotropic genes cannot acco...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2010
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