Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , 30 March 2007

Birth order effects on autism symptom domains

  • Abraham Reichenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Box, 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +1 212 749 8112; fax: +1 212 860 3945.
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  • Christopher Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Psychiatry Services, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • James Schmeidler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Jeremy M. Silverman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Psychiatry Services, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

Received 16 December 2003 ,Revised 25 August 2004 ,Accepted 26 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.09.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , 30 March 2007

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