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A de novo 1.5 Mb microdeletion on chromosome 14q23.2-23.3 in a patient with autism and spherocytosis.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Jun 2011
Griswold Anthony J, Ma Deqiong, Sacharow Stephanie J, Robinson Joycelyn L, Jaworski James M, Wright Harry H, Abramson Ruth K, Lybaek Helle, Øyen Nina, Cuccaro Michael L, Gilbert John R, Pericak-Vance Margaret A
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Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication as well as restricted interests or repetitive behaviors. Cytogenetic studies have implicated large chromosomal aberrations in the etiology of approximately 5-7% of autism patients, and the recent advent of array-based techniques allows the exploration of submicroscopic copy number variations (CNVs). We...
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