Editorial for the IJMS Special Issue on “Molecular Genetics of Autism and Intellectual Disability”
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental illness that affects children at an early age with a global prevalence of 1%, is diagnosed based on clinical features such as social impairment, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. ASD is genetically heterogeneous, and the genetic etiology of ASD remains unknown in 20–60% of autistic people. ASD subjects commonly have co-occurring comorbidities such as intellectual disability (ID), seizures, sleep problems, or digestive problems, which suggest more complex genetic etiologies. Exome sequencing and other next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have been successful in increasing the total number of known ASD genes.
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Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210394
Funding
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QB17).
History
Language
- English
Publisher
MDPIPublication Year
- 2023
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This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Institution affiliated with
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute - HBKU
- Neurological Disorders Research Center - QBRI