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ERIC Number: EJ758345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Feb
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Brief Report: Identical Male Twins Concordant for Asperger's Disorder
Ishijima, Michiko; Kurita, Hiroshi
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v37 n2 p386-389 Feb 2007
The first case study of identical male twins concordant for DSM-IV Asperger's disorder (ASD) was presented. Their monozygocity was confirmed by short tandem repeat analyses with a probability of 99.999963%. Despite sharing the same DNA and environment, the twins are different in comorbidity (i.e., major depressive disorder in the elder and absence seizure in the younger) and in IQs and motor performance (i.e., the elder was lower in IQs and clumsier). Both of them were normal in computed tomographic scanning and magnetic resonance imaging discordant with some previous reports of brain imaging abnormalities in ASD. Further studies are needed to clarify inherited/acquired epigenetic defects and brain imaging abnormalities relating to behavioral phenotypes in ASD twins.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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