title: [Genetics of autism].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Morfologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gianna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carvalheira
authors.forename: Naja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vergani
authors.forename: Décio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brunoni
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans