Unraveling autism
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.12.003
Unraveling autism
Abstract
In this issue of AJHG, Alarcón et al.,(1) Arking et al.,(2) and Bakkaloglu et al.(3) identify a series of functional variants in the CNTNAP2 gene that unequivocally implicate this gene as causing Type 1 autism in the general population.
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Linkage, association, and gene-expression analyses identify CNTNAP2 as an autism-susceptibility gene.Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jan;82(1):150-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.005. Am J Hum Genet. 2008. PMID: 18179893 Free PMC article.
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A common genetic variant in the neurexin superfamily member CNTNAP2 increases familial risk of autism.Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jan;82(1):160-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.015. Am J Hum Genet. 2008. PMID: 18179894 Free PMC article.
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Molecular cytogenetic analysis and resequencing of contactin associated protein-like 2 in autism spectrum disorders.Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jan;82(1):165-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.017. Am J Hum Genet. 2008. PMID: 18179895 Free PMC article.
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