The correlation between rates of cancer and autism: an exploratory ecological investigation.

Autism is associated with high rates of genomic aberrations, including chromosomal rearrangements and de novo copy-number variations. These observations are reminiscent of cancer, a disease where genomic rearrangements also play a role. We undertook a correlative epidemiological study to explore the...

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Main Authors: Hung-Teh Kao, Stephen L Buka, Karl T Kelsey, David F Gruber, Barbara Porton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2826417?pdf=render