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ERIC Number: EJ577334
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Genetic Counseling in Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
Simonoff, Emily
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v28 n5 p447-56 Oct 1998
Provides a protocol for counseling families with an autistic member concerning the risk of having an autistic child. Reports data regarding empirical recurrence risks and identifies the key elements that influence recurrence risks for individual couples. Counseling expertise in both diagnosis and treatment of autism and in the genetics of complex modes of inheritance is urged. (Author/DB)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Audience: Counselors; Practitioners
Language: English
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