SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: May 20, 2009
EXCERPT: "UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child's risk of developing autism, particularly in boys." more
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Strom SP, Stone JL, Ten Bosch JR, Merriman B, Cantor RM, Geschwind DH, Nelson SF. The journal Molecular Psychiatry publishes the findings in its May 19 advance online edition. High-density SNP association study of the 17q21 chromosomal region linked to autism identifies CACNA1G as a novel candidate gene. Mol Psychiatry. 2009 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]
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