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Rare structural variation of synapse and neurotransmission genes in autism.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Apr 2012
Gai X, Xie H M, Perin J C, Takahashi N, Murphy K, Wenocur A S, D'arcy M, O'Hara R J, Goldmuntz E, Grice D E, Shaikh T H, Hakonarson H, Buxbaum J D, Elia J, White P S
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) comprise a constellation of highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorders. Genome-wide studies of autistic individuals have implicated numerous minor risk alleles but few common variants, suggesting a complex genetic model with many contributing loci. To assess commonality of biological function among rare risk alleles, we compared functional knowledge of genes overlapping inherited...
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