Healio (6/9, Herpen) reports, “Specific phenotypes of autism spectrum disorder [ASD], including issues with visual processing, found in older siblings are likely predictors of ASD in younger siblings,” researchers concluded in a study involving magnetic resonance imaging and including “384 pairs of siblings, the oldest of which had been diagnosed with ASD.” The findings were published online May 26 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Phenotypic indicators predict ASD in siblings “Robert Herpen, MA, Healio, June 9, 2022