Sneha Chaturvedi is an M.D./Ph.D. student in the lab of Joseph Dougherty at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her research focuses on the molecular contributions to sex differences in neurodevelopmental traits.
Sneha Chaturvedi
M.D./Ph.D. student
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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If boys have greater inherited liability for autism, the female protective effect may not fully explain the sex difference in prevalence.
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