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Confirmation study of PTEN mutations among individuals with autism or developmental delays/mental retardation and macrocephaly.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Jun 2010
McBride Kim L, Varga Elizabeth A, Pastore Matthew T, Prior Thomas W, Manickam Kandamurugu, Atkin Joan F, Herman Gail E
Abstract excerpt
There is a strong genetic component to autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but due to significant genetic heterogeneity, individual genetic abnormalities contribute a small percentage to the overall total. Previous studies have demonstrated PTEN mutations in a sizable proportion of individuals with...
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