Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Autism is significantly more common in boys than in girls.This skewed sex ratio has been recognized since the first cases of autism were described in the 1940s.The exact reasons for the ratio remain unclear.It could be rooted in biological differences between the sexes.Or, some experts say, it may be an artifact of the way autism is defined and diagnosed.Here's how researchers estimate and explain the sex ratio in autism.
Source: The Transmitter
DOI: 10.53053/uoph3825
Author: Nicholette Zeliadt
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4295680823