Brief report: A case of autism with interstitial deletion of chromosome 13.
A case of an 18-year-old male who meets the DSM-IV criteria for autistic disorder and borderline intelligence is described. Cytogenetic evaluation revealed a karyotype of 46, XY, del(13)(q14q22). The relevance of this case to the etiology of autism is discussed.
Steele
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Canada. margaret.steele@lhsc.on.ca
Al-Adeimi
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Siu
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Fan
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male