[Genetics of autism].
Autism is a neuropsychiatric disorder with profound family and social consequences. An extraordinary number of genetical-clinical, cytogenetics and molecular studies were done in recent years. A multiloci epistatic model involved in the causation of autism have emerged from these studies.
Carvalheira
Gianna
G
Departamento de Morfologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Vergani
Naja
N
Brunoni
Décio
D
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans