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Identification of copy number variants in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a study from Turkey.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2021
Özaslan Ahmet, Kayhan Gülsüm, İşeri Elvan, Ergün Mehmet Ali, Güney Esra, Perçin Ferda Emriye
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BACKGROUND: Copy number variants (CNVs) play a key role in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Therefore, recent guidelines recommend chromosomal microarrays (CMAs) as first-tier genetic tests. This study's first aim was to determine the clinical usefulness of CMAs in children diagnosed with ASD in a Turkish population. The second aim was to describe the CNVs and clinical phenotypes of children with...
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