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N S Thomas1, A J Sharp, C E Browne
1Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Salisbury District Hospital, Wilts, UK.
Abstract:
We report eight females with small deletions of the short arm of the X chromosome, three of whom showed features of autism. Our results suggest that there may be a critical region for autism in females with Xp deletions between the pseudoautosomal boundary and DXS7103. We hypothesise that this effect might be due either to the loss of function of a specific gene within the deleted region or to functional nullisomy resulting from X inactivation of the normal X chromosome.
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