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Identification of two inherited copy number variants in a male with autism supports two-hit and compound heterozygosity models of autism.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Gau Susan Shur-Fen, Liao Hsiao-Mei, Hong Chao-Chun, Chien Wei-Hsien, Chen Chia-Hsiang
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Autism is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder with complex genetic mechanism underlying its etiology. Recent studies revealed that a few single de novo copy number variants of genomic DNA (copy number variants [CNVs]) are pathogenic and causal in some sporadic cases, adding support to the hypothesis that some sporadic autism might be caused by single rare mutation with large clinical effect. In this...
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