Cell
Volume 135, Issue 3, 31 October 2008, Pages 391-395
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Autism: Many Genes, Common Pathways?

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Autism is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental syndrome with a complex genetic etiology. It is still not clear whether autism comprises a vast collection of different disorders akin to intellectual disability or a few disorders sharing common aberrant pathways. Unifying principles among cases of autism are likely to be at the level of brain circuitry in addition to molecular pathways.

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