Method for autism prediction
AssigneeIntegragen
InventorsJérôme Carayol, Frédéric Tores, Jörg Hager
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the level of risk for a subject to develop autism, or an autism spectrum disorder, which method comprises determining the number of risk alleles in autism-associated gene loci in a sample of a subject, wherein the more risk alleles are detected within said gene loci combined, the more increased is the risk of developing autism or an autism-spectrum disorder.
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A method for evaluating the level of risk for a subject to develop autism, or an autism spectrum disorder, which method comprises determining the number of risk alleles in autism-associated gene loci in a sample of a subject, wherein the more risk alleles are detected within said gene loci combined, the more increased is the risk of developing autism or a autism-spectrum disorder.
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