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Comparing phenotypes in patients with idiopathic autism to patients with velocardiofacial syndrome (22q11 DS) with and without autism.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Nov 2007
Kates Wendy R, Antshel Kevin M, Fremont Wanda P, Shprintzen Robert J, Strunge Leslie A, Burnette Courtney P, Higgins Anne Marie
Abstract excerpt
At least three research groups have reported that autism is diagnosed in up to 20% of children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS). However the degree of phenotypic overlap between VCFS-affected children with autism and those with idiopathic autism has not been established. The purpose of this study was to define and differentiate the behavioral phenotype of autism in samples of children with either (VCFS) or...
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