Louisa Kalsner

Assistant professor
University of Connecticut

Louisa Kalsner is assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.

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For accurate results in autism, genetic databases need diversity

By Stormy Chamberlain, Louisa Kalsner
10 April 2018 | 5 min read

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