Identification of risk genes for autism spectrum disorder through copy number variation analysis in Austrian families

Gerald Egger1, Katharina Roetzer2, Abdul Noor1, Anath C. Lionel3, Huda Mahmood4, Thomas Schwarzbraun2, Oliver Boright4, Anna Mikhailov4, Christian R. Marshall3, Christian Windpassinger2, Erwin Petek2, Stephen W. Scherer3, Wolfgang Kaschnitz5, John B. Vincent6
1Neurogenetics Section, R-30, The Campbell Family Brain Research Institute, The Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH), 250 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada
2Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
3The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4Neurogenetics Section, R-30, The Campbell Family Brain Research Institute, The Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada
5University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
6Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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