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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2008

Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology.

Brett S Abrahams, Daniel H Geschwind

Erratum issued Registry-linked trialAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT00938054 (Characterization of Autism Spectrum Disorder in School Aged Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 837 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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837citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00938054 completednot on this mapstarted 2009, after this paper: background citation

Characterization of Autism Spectrum Disorder in School Aged Children

TypeobservationalSponsorNational Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)Ran2009 to 2012Enrolled37ConditionsAutism Spectrum Disorders, Autism
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

837 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. A Developmental Neuroimmune Cascade Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. Clinical Phenotypes Associated withSultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2026
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777 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Brett S AbrahamsNeurology Department, and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Behaviour, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1769 USA. brett.abrahams@gmail.com
Daniel H Geschwind

Funding

Understanding Repetitive Behavior in AutismP50HD055784 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BOOKHEIMER, SUSAN Y · 2007 to 2021
$32.0M
Genomewide Search--Autism Susceptibility Loci-supplementR01MH064547 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GESCHWIND, DANIEL H · 2002 to 2006
$9.6M
Social &Language Deficits in Autism-Biology &TreamentU54MH068172 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SIGMAN, MARIAN D · 2003 to 2007
$8.2M
Identification and Characterization of Asymmetrically-Expressed GenesR37MH060233 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GESCHWIND, DANIEL H · 2006 to 2014
$5.3M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD055784NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH064547NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH64547NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH060233NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH60233NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH068172NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH68172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism is a heterogeneous syndrome defined by impairments in three core domains: social interaction, language and range of interests. Recent work has led to the identification of several autism susceptibility genes and an increased appreciation of the contribution of de novo and inherited copy number variation. Promising strategies are also being applied to identify common genetic risk variants. Systems biology approaches, including array-based expression profiling, are poised to provide additional insights into this group of disorders, in which heterogeneity, both genetic and phenotypic, is emerging as a dominant theme.

Indexed as

Gene DosageGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisAnimalsAutistic DisorderHumansPhenotypeSystems Biology

Identifiers

PMID18414403
PMCPMC2756414

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