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Population- and family-based studies associate the MTHFR gene with idiopathic autism in simplex families.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Jul 2011
Liu Xudong, Solehdin Fatima, Cohen Ira L, Gonzalez Maripaz G, Jenkins Edmund C, Lewis M E Suzanne, Holden Jeanette J A
Abstract excerpt
Two methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR) functional polymorphisms were studied in 205 North American simplex (SPX) and 307 multiplex (MPX) families having one or more children with an autism spectrum disorder. Case-control comparisons revealed a significantly higher frequency of the low-activity 677T allele, higher prevalence of the 677TT genotype and higher frequencies of the 677T-1298A haplotype and...
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