Study of half siblings provides genetic clues to autism

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Study of Half Siblings Provides Genetic Clues to Autism

ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2012) --- When a child has autism, siblings are

also at risk for the disorder. New research from Washington University

School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the genetic reach of the

disorder often extends to half siblings as well....

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417143849.htm

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J N Constantino, A Todorov, C Hilton, P Law, Y Zhang, E Molloy, R

Fitzgerald, D Geschwind. *

Autism recurrence in half siblings: strong support for genetic

mechanisms of transmission in ASD*. /

Molecular Psychiatry/, 2012;

DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.9 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.9>

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Autism recurrence in half siblings: strong support for genetic

mechanisms of transmission in ASD.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371046>

Constantino JN, Todorov A, Hilton C, Law P, Zhang Y, Molloy E,

Fitzgerald R, Geschwind D.

Mol Psychiatry. 2012 Feb 28. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.9. [Epub ahead of

print] No abstract available.