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Association and mutation analyses of 16p11.2 autism candidate genes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Kumar Ravinesh A, Marshall Christian R, Badner Judith A, Babatz Timothy D, Mukamel Zohar, Aldinger Kimberly A, Sudi Jyotsna, Brune Camille W, Goh Gerald, Karamohamed Samer, Sutcliffe James S, Cook Edwin H, Geschwind Daniel H, Dobyns William B, Scherer Stephen W, Christian Susan L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autism is a complex childhood neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic basis. Microdeletion or duplication of a approximately 500-700-kb genomic rearrangement on 16p11.2 that contains 24 genes represents the second most frequent chromosomal disorder associated with autism. Th...
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