Boys More Affected By Mutations In Autism Susceptibility Gene

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  July 15, 2012

EXCERPT:  "Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified five rare mutations in a single gene that appear to increase the chances that a boy will develop an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)." more

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Mondal K, Ramachandran D, Patel VC, Hagen KR, Bose P, Cutler DJ, Zwick ME. Excess variants in AFF2 detected by massively parallel sequencing of males with autism spectrum disorder. Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Jul 10.


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