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Stephen Scherer, Ph.D., of the Hospital for Sick Children, and

colleagues found that structural variation of genetic material is

widespread among those with autism.

 

 

The variations include gains and losses of genetic material, as well

as translocations and inversions, they reported in the February issue

of the American Journal of Human Genetics.

 

 

All told, Dr. Scherer and colleagues identified 13 genetic regions

with overlapping or recurrent chromosomal changes in 427 unrelated

people with autism that were not seen in healthy controls.

 

 

The " most compelling result " was a copy number variation on

chromosome 16 that was seen in 1% of the autism patients but not in

healthy controls, the researchers said.

 

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Autism/dh/8013

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