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Comment
. 2020 Dec 4:34:13.
doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-13.

Autism Genetics: Over 100 Risk Genes and Counting

Marc P Forrest  1   2 , Peter Penzes  1   3   2
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Comment

Autism Genetics: Over 100 Risk Genes and Counting

Marc P Forrest et al. Pediatr Neurol Briefs. .

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.

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Exome Sequencing; Genetics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism.
    Satterstrom FK, Kosmicki JA, Wang J, Breen MS, De Rubeis S, An JY, Peng M, Collins R, Grove J, Klei L, Stevens C, Reichert J, Mulhern MS, Artomov M, Gerges S, Sheppard B, Xu X, Bhaduri A, Norman U, Brand H, Schwartz G, Nguyen R, Guerrero EE, Dias C; Autism Sequencing Consortium; iPSYCH-Broad Consortium; Betancur C, Cook EH, Gallagher L, Gill M, Sutcliffe JS, Thurm A, Zwick ME, Børglum AD, State MW, Cicek AE, Talkowski ME, Cutler DJ, Devlin B, Sanders SJ, Roeder K, Daly MJ, Buxbaum JD. Satterstrom FK, et al. Cell. 2020 Feb 6;180(3):568-584.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.036. Epub 2020 Jan 23. Cell. 2020. PMID: 31981491 Free PMC article.

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