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Copy number variations associated with autism spectrum disorders contribute to a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Nov 2010
Rosenfeld Jill A, Ballif Blake C, Torchia Beth S, Sahoo Trilochan, Ravnan J Britt, Schultz Roger, Lamb Allen, Bejjani Bassem A, Shaffer Lisa G
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PURPOSE: Autism spectrum disorders represent a range of neurodevelopmental disorders that have been shown to have a strong genetic etiological component. Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization and other molecular cytogenetic techniques are discovering an increasing number of copy number variations in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. METHODS: We examined the yield of abnormal microarray-based...
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