Identification of rare recurrent copy number variants in high-risk autism families and their prevalence in a large ASD population.

Structural variation is thought to play a major etiological role in the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), and numerous studies documenting the relevance of copy number variants (CNVs) in ASD have been published since 2006. To determine if large ASD families harbor high-impact CNVs tha...

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Main Authors: Nori Matsunami, Dexter Hadley, Charles H Hensel, G Bryce Christensen, Cecilia Kim, Edward Frackelton, Kelly Thomas, Renata Pellegrino da Silva, Jeff Stevens, Lisa Baird, Brith Otterud, Karen Ho, Tena Varvil, Tami Leppert, Christophe G Lambert, Mark Leppert, Hakon Hakonarson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23341896/pdf/?tool=EBI