In 1943, Leo Kanner, the director of the first academic program in child psychiatry in the
United States, published a series of 11 cases of a heretofore unrecognized syndrome. He …

Over twenty years ago Hanson & Gottesman (1976) published a review article entitled'The
genetics, if any, of infantile autism and childhood schizophrenia'. As the title suggests, the …

The increasing autism incidence estimates are generating strong interest in identifying its
salient risk factors. Recognition of the importance of genes in this and other disorders has …

Autism is a significant childhood disorder. Studies are underway to define more clearly the
disorder and its various manifestations and to correlate this information with an etiology …

Aims Over the past decade, genetic tests have become available for numerous heritable
disorders, especially those whose inheritance follows the Mendelian model. Autism …

Genetic epidemiology is the study of inherited factors involved in the etiology of a disease or
disorder and uses the methods of both medical genetics and clinical epidemiology. In …

▪ Abstract Autism is one of the most heritable complex disorders, with compelling evidence
for genetic factors and little or no support for environmental influence. The estimated …

Conclusions Certain genetic syndromes are providing us with extremely valuable
information about the role played by genetics in autism. This is the case of the following …

This chapter contains sections titled: Genetic Influences and Autism Quantitative Genetics
Chromosomal Abnormalities And Genetically Determined Medical Conditions Molecular …

Infantile autism probably has many etiologies. Several specific genetic disorders appear to
be associated with the syndrome much more often than would be expected by chance, but …