Rare diseases offer insights into autism spectrum disorders
Preliminary laboratory studies suggest new biological targets for intervention.
At the November 2008 annual symposium of the Autism Consortium — a research collaboration of 14 institutions in Boston — several speakers discussed progress in a promising avenue of basic research: using rare single-gene disorders to better understand the brain basis of autism spectrum disorders.
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