Gene-environment interactions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): excess copy number variants (CNVs) in genes regulating the effect of environmental exposure to toxicants

ASD is an heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder, with an estimated heritability of 50% and a complex genetic etiology. Recent studies also implicate exposure to environmental factors in this disorder. We thus hypothesize that ASD is the result of the interaction of a genetic susceptibility with...

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Autor principal: Xavier Santos, João (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4744
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/4744