title: Case reports of autism with interstitial deletion of chromosome 17 (p11.2 p11.2) and monosomy of chromosome 5 (5pter-->5p15.3).
abstract: Two cases of autism and autosomal chromosome abnormalities are reported: a 14-year-old boy with interstitial deletion of chromosome 17 and a 19-year-old man with an unbalanced translocation of chromosome 5, resulting in monosomy for part of the short arm (5pter-->5p15.3). The possible implications for research into the aetiology of autism are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Edgbaston, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vostanis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farndon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male