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2 papers

Neurogenetic analysis of childhood disintegrative disorder

Abha R. Gupta, Alexander Westphal, Daniel Y.‐J. Yang, Catherine Sullivan, Jeffrey Eilbott, Samir Zaidi, et al.
Molecular Autism Summary & key facts 2017 24 citations

This document presents an “emerging” 2-item clinician-rated measure from the American Psychiatric Association to record how much social communication problems and restricted interests/repetitive behaviors interfere with a person’s functioning. Each domain is rated by a clinician for the past seven days on a 4-point scale from 0 (None) to 3…

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to compound heterozygous mutations TACR3 in siblings

Rita Valsassina, Filipa Briosa, Joana Soares, Marta Amorim, Catarina Limbert
Clinical Case Reports Summary & key facts 2020 2 citations

The authors present a new association of two heterozygous TACR3 mutations (p.Arg230His and p.Trp275*) responsible for a clinical trait of normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a family.

Biotin and Related Studies Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
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