DURHAM, N.C. – Doctors have known for many years that patients with
fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited intellectual
disability, are often also diagnosed with autism. But little has been
known about how the two diagnoses are related.
Now a collaborative research effort at Duke University Medical
Center and Rockefeller University has pinpointed the precise genetic
footprint that links the two. The findings, published online in the
journal Nature on Dec. 12, 2012, point the way toward new genetic testing that could more precisely diagnose and categorize the spectrum of autism-related disorders.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment