Some autism cases linked to genetic mutation
January 20th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Up to 1% of autism cases may be blamed on too much or too little of a particular strand of an estimated 25 genes on chromosome 16, according to a pair of recent papers. Understanding how this creates the developmental disorder eventually may lead to improved treatment of autistic children, including those who don’t carry these mutations.
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