Genetics of autism spectrum disorders / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
;
(12): 701-711, 2011.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-669495
ABSTRACT
Autism is a group of etiology and clinical heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorders with an onset before 3 years old.It has 3 core characteristicsdeficits in verbal communication;impairment of social interaction; restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.The incidence is increasing over time worldwide.Twin and family studies have demonstrated that autism has a high heritability ( > 90% ).Although certain progress of autism genetic study has been made in the last decades and several autism susceptibility genes and loci have been identified,there are still about 70% -80% of patients for whom an autism-related genetic change cannot be identified.
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Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2011
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