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Peripheral blood gene expression signature differentiates children with autism from unaffected siblings.
Neurogenetics - 1 May 2013
Kong S W, Shimizu-Motohashi Y, Campbell M G, Lee I H, Collins C D, Brewster S J, Holm I A, Rappaport L, Kohane I S, Kunkel L M
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders with high heritability, yet a majority of genetic contribution to pathophysiology is not known. Siblings of individuals with ASD are at increased risk for ASD and autistic traits, but the genetic contribution for simplex families is estimated to be less when compared to multiplex families. To explore the genomic (dis-)...
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