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Whole-exome sequencing in a family with a monozygotic twin pair concordant for autism spectrum disorder and a follow-up study.
Psychiatry research - 30 Sept 2015
Egawa Jun, Watanabe Yuichiro, Sugimoto Atsunori, Nunokawa Ayako, Shibuya Masako, Igeta Hirofumi, Inoue Emiko, Hoya Satoshi, Orime Naoki, Hayashi Taketsugu, Sugiyama Toshiro, Someya Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Two truncating variations (WDR90 V1125fs and EFCAB5 L1210fs), identified by whole-exome sequencing in a family with a monozygotic twin pair concordant for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), were not detected in 257 ASD patients, 677 schizophrenia patients or 667 controls in a follow-up study. Thus, these variations were exclusively identified in the family, suggesting that rare truncating variations may have a role...
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