Waddington, Francesca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8739-6009
Hartman, Catharina
de Bruijn, Yvette
Lappenschaar, Martijn
Oerlemans, Anoek
Buitelaar, Jan
Franke, Barbara
Rommelse, Nanda
Funding for this research was provided by:
H2020 European Research Council (643051)
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (91610024, 1750102007010, 016-130-669)
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (278948, 115300, 642996)
Article History
Received: 16 May 2018
Accepted: 31 October 2018
First Online: 15 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Both the Biological Origins of Autism (BOA) study and the NeuroIMAGE study were approved by the local medical ethics board. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and their parents. The parents signed consent forms for children under the age of 12 years.
: Not applicable.
: Waddington, Hartman, de Bruijn, Lappenschaar, Oerlemans, and Rommelse have no conflict of interest to disclose. In the past 4 years, Buitelaar has been a consultant to/member of advisory board of/and/or speaker for Janssen Cilag BV, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myer Squibb, Organon/Shering Plough, UCB, Shire, Medice and Servier. Franke has received educational speaking fees from Merz and Shire.
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