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Children's Hospital Boston Launches Major Genetic Study Of Autism

19 years, 4 months ago

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Posted on Dec 21, 2004, 5 a.m. By Bill Freeman

Children's Hospital Boston has begun enrolling patients as part of an ambitious new multidisciplinary study of autism that will attempt to pin down its genetic and biochemical causes. Results could be available in a year or two, and could yield a greater biological understanding of autistic spectrum disorders, better diagnostic and prognostic techniques, and potential medical treatments.
Children's Hospital Boston has begun enrolling patients as part of an ambitious new multidisciplinary study of autism that will attempt to pin down its genetic and biochemical causes. Results could be available in a year or two, and could yield a greater biological understanding of autistic spectrum disorders, better diagnostic and prognostic techniques, and potential medical treatments.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041220030322.htm

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