%0 Journal Article %@ 2040-2392 %A Rhind, C %A Bonfioli, E %A Hibbs, R %A Goddard, E %A Macdonald, P %A Gowers, S %A Schmidt, U %A Tchanturia, K %A Micali, N %A Treasure, J %D 2014 %F discovery:1471317 %J Molecular Autism %K Adolescents, Anorexia nervosa, Autism spectrum disorder, Development, Eating disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Parents, Social aptitude, Traits, Well-being assessment %T An examination of autism spectrum traits in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents. %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471317/ %V 5 %X There may be a link between anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders. The aims of this study were to examine whether adolescents with anorexia nervosa have autism spectrum and/or obsessive-compulsive traits, how many would meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder, and whether these traits are shared by parents. %Z © 2014 Rhind et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.