Studies from University of Utah, Department of Psychiatry have provided new data on autism

2010 MAY 24 -- A new study, 'A unified theory of autism revisited: linkage evidence points to chromosome X using a high-risk subset of AGRE families,' is now available. "Zhao et al. [2007] in their 'Unified Theory of Autism' hypothesized that incidence of autism in males could be explained by essentially two types of family structures: majority of autism cases are from low-risk autism families with de novo mutations, and a minority of cases are from high-risk multiplex families, where risk to male offspring approximates 50% consistent with a dominant model and high penetrance," scientists writing in the journal Autism Research report.

"Using the...

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