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Environmental risk factors for autism: do they help cause de novo genetic mutations that contribute to the disorder?
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2010
Kinney Dennis K, Barch Daniel H, Chayka Bogdan, Napoleon Siena, Munir Kerim M
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Recent research has discovered that a number of genetic risk factors for autism are de novo mutations. Advanced parental age at the time of conception is associated with increased risk for both autism and de novo mutations. We investigated the hypothesis that other environmental factors associate...
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