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Unmasking a novel disease gene NEO1 associated with autism spectrum disorders by a hemizygous deletion on chromosome 15 and a functional polymorphism.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Mar 2016
Siu Wai-Kwan, Lam Ching-Wan, Gao Wei-Wei, Vincent Tang Hei-Man, Jin Dong-Yan, Mak Chloe Miu
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BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders with a high degree of heritability, but the genetic basis is exceedingly heterogeneous. Microdeletions of chromosome 15q24 have been demonstrated to be recurrent genomic alterations in ASD patients. Of interest, neuronal migration genes are of particular relevance to the pathogenesis of ASD. NEO1 is located in 15q24 and encodes for...
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