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- Title
Autism leads.
- Abstract
The article reports on the study conducted by scientists to unveil the causes of autism in children in the U.S. It revealed that perplexing developmental condition is the main cause of such abnormality. According to Mark J. Daly, geneticist of Massachusetts General Hospital , the spontaneous alterations to a tiny stretch of chromosome 16 contribute to about 1% childhood autism cases and either a deletion or a duplication of the DNA section raises the child's susceptibility to autism and other related disorders.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; AUTISM; HYPERLEXIA; AUTISM in children; LEARNING disabilities; BRAIN diseases; DNA; DALY, Mark J.
- Publication
Science Scope, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 6, p8
- ISSN
0887-2376
- Publication type
Article