Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Evidence that autism is genetic



Mcgill J Med. 2011 Jun;13(2):38.
Evolutionary approaches to autism- an overview and integration.
Ploeger A, Galis F.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;68(11):1095-102. doi: 10.1001/
archgenpsychiatry.2011.76. Epub 2011 Jul 4.
Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism.
Hallmayer J, Cleveland S, Torres A, Phillips J, Cohen B, Torigoe T, Miller J, Fedele A, Collins J, Smith K, Lotspeich L, Croen LA, Ozonoff S, Lajonchere C, Grether JK, Risch N.

Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2011 Aug;36(8):703-11.
Genetics of autism spectrum disorders.
Guo H, Hu Z, Zhao J, Xia K.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;68(11):1113-21.
Evidence that autistic traits show the same etiology in the general population and at the quantitative extremes (5%, 2.5%, and 1%).
Robinson EB, Koenen KC, McCormick MC, Munir K, Hallett V, Happé F, Plomin R, Ronald A.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan;40(Database issue):D1016-22. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
AutismKB: an evidence-based knowledgebase of autism genetics.
Xu LM, Li JR, Huang Y, Zhao M, Tang X, Wei L.



South Korean autism study,

Am J Psychiatry. 2011 Sep;168(9):904-12. Epub 2011 May 9.
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in a total population sample.
Kim YS, Leventhal BL, Koh YJ, Fombonne E, Laska E, Lim EC, Cheon KA, Kim SJ, Kim YK, Lee H, Song DH, Grinker RR.