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Genetic Candidate Variants in Two Multigenerational Families with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Peter Beate, Wijsman Ellen M, Nato Alejandro Q, Matsushita Mark M, Chapman Kathy L, Stanaway Ian B, Wolff John, Oda Kaori, Gabo Virginia B, Raskind Wendy H
Abstract excerpt
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a severe and socially debilitating form of speech sound disorder with suspected genetic involvement, but the genetic etiology is not yet well understood. Very few known or putative causal genes have been identified to date, e.g., FOXP2 and BCL11A. Building a knowledge base of the genetic etiology of CAS will make it possible to identify infants at genetic risk and motivate the...
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