✦ LIBER ✦
Chromosome 22q11 deletions are not found in autistic patients identified using strict diagnostic criteria
✍ Scribed by Ogilvie, Caroline Mackie; Moore, Janette; Daker, Michael; Palferman, Sarah; Docherty, Zoe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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✦ Synopsis
A group of 103 subjects with a strict diagnosis of autism were tested for deletion of band q11.2 on the long arm of chromosome 22. No deletions were found, indicating that when a patient has been diagnosed with autism using strict and consistent criteria, in the absence of other indications, it is unlikely that this individual will have a 22q11 deletion. Testing for 22q11 deletions is therefore unlikely to be necessary in these patients.