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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2017

Developmental Markers of Genetic Liability to Autism in Parents: A Longitudinal, Multigenerational Study.

Molly Losh, Gary E Martin, Michelle Lee, Jessica Klusek, John Sideris, Sheila Barron, Thomas Wassink

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Molly LoshDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Frances Searle, 2240 N Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA. m-losh@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9823-8249
Gary E MartinDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, St. John's University, Staten Island, NY, 10301, USA.
Michelle LeeDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Frances Searle, 2240 N Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Jessica KlusekDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29201, USA.
John SiderisFrank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA.
Sheila BarronCollege of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Thomas WassinkDepartment of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.

Funding

A Family-Genetic Study of Autism and Fragile X SyndromeR01MH091131 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Molly C Losh · 2012 to 2026
$10.1M
A Family-Genetic Study of Language in AutismR01DC010191 · NIDCD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Molly C Losh · 2010 to 2026
$7.8M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC010191NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH091131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic liability to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be expressed in unaffected relatives through subclinical, genetically meaningful traits, or endophenotypes. This study aimed to identify developmental endophenotypes in parents of individuals with ASD by examining parents' childhood academic development over the school-age period. A cohort of 139 parents of individuals with ASD were studied, along with their children with ASD and 28 controls. Parents' childhood records in the domains of language, reading, and math were studied from grades K-12. Results indicated that relatively lower performance and slower development of skills (particularly language related skills), and an uneven rate of development across domains predicted ASD endophenotypes in adulthood for parents, and the severity of clinical symptoms in children with ASD. These findings may mark childhood indicators of genetic liability to ASD in parents, that could inform understanding of the subclinical expression of ASD genetic liability.

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Child DevelopmentGenetic DeterminismPedigreeAdultAutistic DisorderCase-Control StudiesChildComprehensionFemaleHumansLanguageLongitudinal StudiesMaleMathematicsMiddle AgedParentsAutismBroad autism phenotypeEndophenotypeGeneticsLanguageLongitudinal

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PMID28070788
PMCPMC5352796

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