BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online

    Later sibling recurrence of ASD and ADHD: clinical and mechanistic insights

    Charman, T. and Jones, Emily J.H. (2018) Later sibling recurrence of ASD and ADHD: clinical and mechanistic insights. [Editorial/Introduction]

    [img]
    Preview
    Text
    PAM18-2063_Merged_PDF.pdf - Author's Accepted Manuscript

    Download (330kB) | Preview

    Abstract

    In this issue of JAMA Pediatrics, Miller and colleagues1 report on the within- and cross-condition recurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in later-born siblings of children (probands) with those conditions. The relatively high heritability of both conditions is well established from twin studies assessing both trait variance2 and diagnostic recurrence.3 Two recent large-scale Scandinavian studies extended this work to show that the 2 conditions also occur together in families.4,5 One population-based study of children with ASD (N = 3578) estimated the combined (older and younger) sibling recurrence of ASD in siblings to be 10.5%, but also reported that 5.3% had siblings with a diagnosis of ADHD, giving relative risks of 11.8 and 3.7 compared with matched controls without ASD.4

    Metadata

    Item Type: Editorial/Introduction
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Research Centres and Institutes: Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD)
    Depositing User: Emily Jones
    Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2019 13:49
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:45
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/24750

    Statistics

    Activity Overview
    6 month trend
    235Downloads
    6 month trend
    209Hits

    Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.

    Archive Staff Only (login required)

    Edit/View Item Edit/View Item