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Identification of autoimmune gene signatures in autism.
Translational psychiatry - 13 Dec 2011
Jung J-Y, Kohane I S, Wall D P
Abstract excerpt
The role of the immune system in neuropsychiatric diseases, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has long been hypothesized. This hypothesis has mainly been supported by family cohort studies and the immunological abnormalities found in ASD patients, but had limited findings in genetic association testing. Two cross-disorder genetic association tests were performed on the genome-wide data sets of ASD and six...
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