Mitochondrial dysfunction and autism: comprehensive genetic analyses of children with autism and mtDNA deletion

Mitochondrial dysfunction and autism: comprehensive genetic analyses of children with autism and mtDNA deletion

Abstract Background The etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is very heterogeneous. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been described in ASD; however, primary mitochondrial disease has been genetically proven in a small subset of patients. The main goal of the present study was to investigate corr...

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Main Authors: Noémi Ágnes Varga, Klára Pentelényi, Péter Balicza, András Gézsi, Viktória Reményi, Vivien Hársfalvi, Renáta Bencsik, Anett Illés, Csilla Prekop, Mária Judit Molnár
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Behavioral and Brain Functions
Subjects:
Autism
Mitochondrial dysfunction
mtDNA deletion
ASD associated genetic alterations
Intergenomic communication
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12993-018-0135-x

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