Case reports of autism with interstitial deletion of chromosome 17 (p11.2 p11.2) and monosomy of chromosome 5 (5pter-->5p15.3).
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.
Vostanis
P
P
University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Edgbaston, UK.
Harrington
R
R
Prendergast
M
M
Farndon
P
P
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