Association between the neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) locus and autism in the Japanese population

Autistic patients have a 100 to 190‐fold increased risk of neurofibromatosis compared to the general population. This suggests that the two diseases may share a common etiological background. Recently, a new allele (or the six‐repeat allele) of the (AAAT)n repeat polymorphism in an Alu sequence in t...

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