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The molecular genetics of autism.
Current psychiatry reports - 1 Apr 2000
Wassink T H, Piven J
Abstract excerpt
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by communication and social deficits and by stereotyped, repetitive behaviors. The syndrome of autism is highly heritable, is considered to be etiologically heterogeneous and is thought to be the result of multiple, interacting genes. It is more common than previously thought, and has a complex pattern of genetic transmission. From four recently...
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