Abnormalities of chromosome 18 in a girl with mental retardation and autistic disorder.
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Structural autosome defects have rarely been described in autism. In this report, the authors describe the association of autism and mental retardation in a girl with mosaicism for a duplication of the long arm of chromosome 18 and a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 18.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
دوره 37 ( Pt 3) شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993