Sibling Recurrence and the Genetic Epidemiology of Autism

[HuckleB]

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/10/sibling-recurrence-and-the-genetic-epidemiology-of-autism/

"As if to follow up on the Social Demographic Change and Autism paper we recently discussed here on LeftBrainRightBrain, a new paper on autism recurrence risk in families came out today. Sibling Recurrence and the Genetic Epidemiology of Autism is from a team from the Kennedy Krieger Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. From the abstract I would guess that the study uses the IAN Database.

The authors find about 11% recurrence risk, much higehr than the prevalence of autism (about 1%) and quite similar to that of the Bearman group. Further, the Kennedy Kreiger team find that about 20% of non-autistic siblings have a history of language delay.

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The abstract follows that introduction at LeftBrainRightBrain, but can also be found here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20889652

Another article on this...

Language Delays Found In Siblings Of Children With Autism
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/203249.php

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Hey, I found it interesting. But that's not saying much.

:hi:

[LeftishBrit]

1. Interesting article

[Odin2005]

2. Autism definitely runs on my mom's side.

[HuckleB]

3. Link Between Advanced Maternal Age and Autism Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100208102411.htm

[HuckleB]

4. Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic

http://www.autcom.org/pdf/Epidemic.pdf