Sex and age might affect comorbidity profiles in autism

The paper by Supekar and colleagues [1] provides some food for thought today specifically with the idea that comorbidity profiles accompany...

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Gender dysphoria and autistic traits?

" Gender dysphoria is a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their biologica...

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Sex, STEM careers and the 'big data' of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)

I'm a fan of ' big data ' on this blog ( see here ) and the particular idea that large participant numbers can offer up some rea...

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Gender differences in chronic fatigue syndrome

The title of this post matches the title of the paper published by Monica Faro and colleagues [1] ( open-access here ) and some potentially...

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A specific female ASD phenotype is emerging...

The title of this brief post is a quote taken from the abstract of the paper by Frazier and colleagues  [1] who, following an analysis of pa...

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