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Genetics of autism spectrum disorders.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports - 1 May 2009
Kumar Ravinesh A, Christian Susan L
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a clinically complex group of childhood disorders that have firm evidence of an underlying genetic etiology. Many techniques have been used to characterize the genetic bases of ASDs. Linkage studies have identified several replicated susceptibility loci, including 2q24-2q31, 7q, and 17q11-17q21. Association studies and mutation analysis of candidate genes have implicated the...
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