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The emerging role of synaptic cell-adhesion pathways in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders.
Trends in neurosciences - 1 Jul 2009
Betancur Catalina, Sakurai Takeshi, Buxbaum Joseph D
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Recent advances in genetics and genomics have unveiled numerous cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) associated with rare, causal genetic variations. These findings support a novel view of ASDs in which many independent, individually rare genetic variants, each associated with a very high relative risk, together explain a large proportion of ASDs. Although these rare variants impact diverse pathways, there...
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