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Leveraging blood serotonin as an endophenotype to identify de novo and rare variants involved in autism.
Molecular autism - 1 Jan 2017
Chen Rui, Davis Lea K, Guter Stephen, Wei Qiang, Jacob Suma, Potter Melissa H, Cox Nancy J, Cook Edwin H, Sutcliffe James S, Li Bingshan
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BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorders, but underlying molecular mechanisms are still unresolved due to extreme locus heterogeneity. Leveraging meaningful endophenotypes or biomarkers may be an effective strategy to reduce heterogeneity to identify novel ASD genes. Numerous lines of evidence suggest a link between hyperserotonemia, i.e., elevated...
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