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SUBMITTER: Crawley JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4769654 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Crawley Jacqueline N JN Heyer Wolf-Dietrich WD LaSalle Janine M JM
Trends in genetics : TIG 20160129 3
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, diagnosed behaviorally by social and communication deficits, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. Recent genome-wide exome sequencing has revealed extensive overlap in risk genes for autism and for cancer. Understanding the genetic commonalities of autism(s) and cancer(s), with a focus on mechanistic pathways, could lead to repurposed therapeutics. ...[more]