Gender differences in socio-communicative skills and emotional reactions in autism spectrum disorders
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Filippova NV, Baryl'nik YuB, Sizov SV. [Gender differences in socio-communicative skills and emotional reactions in autism spectrum disorders]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2014;(4):38-43. Russian
According to current epidemiological data, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in males are four times as often as in females. A great number of studies of ASD in females, goes contrary with the assumption of gender invariance of autistic disorders. Clinical observations show that women with ASD demonstrate better social communication skills and emotional reactions than men with ASD, which can mask other manifestations of the disorder. This can explain rare cases of autism spectrum disorders diagnosis in females.
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