Autism Genetics: Over 100 Risk Genes and Counting

Marc P. Forrest; Peter Penzes

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-13

Autism Genetics: Over 100 Risk Genes and Counting

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 34 (2020): Issue 0

By: Marc P. Forrest and Peter Penzes

Open Access

|Dec 2020

Abstract

Researchers from the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC) led by Joseph Buxbaum at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report the largest exome sequencing study in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to date.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-13 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 13 - 13

Submitted on: Mar 10, 2020

Accepted on: Nov 26, 2020

Published on: Dec 4, 2020

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorder,

Genetics,

Exome Sequencing

© 2020 Marc P. Forrest, Peter Penzes, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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