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WashU Medicine

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Scientists, led by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have linked mutations in a single gene to autism in people with neurofibromatosis type 1. The findings may lead to a better understanding of the genetic roots of autism in the wider population.

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Michael Worful

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