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Lack of association of the (AAAT)6 allele of the GXAlu tetranucleotide repeat in intron 27b of the NF1 gene with autism.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Jul 2001
Plank S M, Copeland-Yates S A, Sossey-Alaoui K, Bell J M, Schroer R J, Skinner C, Michaelis R C
Abstract excerpt
A novel allele of the GXAlu tetranucleotide repeat in intron 27b of the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) gene has recently been reported to be present in 4.7% of autistic patients but not in controls. We have found the novel GXAlu allele absent in 204 patients from the South Carolina Autism Project and 200 controls. The autism population studied includes a significant number of patients with hypotonia, stereotyped...
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