Copy number variation in the dosage-sensitive 16p11.2 interval accounts for only a small proportion of autism incidence: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Walsh, Kyle M ^a,b   Bracken, Michael B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; copy number variation; diagnostic yield; meta analysis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 16P; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 79955910049     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3182076c0c     Document Type: Review

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