Infantile Autism in Twins
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 127 (6), 530-534
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.127.6.530
Abstract
Summary: A pair of MZ male twins concordant for early infantile autism (E.I.A.) is presented. A distinction is drawn between E.I.A. and infantile psychosis (I.P.) with associated mental retardation as a guide to prognosis and the necessity to provide suitable social training and education. The relevance of aetiology is discussed, and the importance of abnormal ante-natal history and delivery status, even in cases with strong genetic predisposition, is noted.Keywords
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