Mustafa Sahin is professor of neurology at Harvard University and director of the Translational Neuroscience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Mustafa Sahin
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Harvard University
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Tuberous sclerosis provides a unique opportunity to understand autism because about half of people with that single-gene condition also have autism.
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Insights for autism from tuberous sclerosis complex
Studying tuberous sclerosis provides researchers with a unique opportunity to find a common pathway among the various genetic causes of autism, says neurologist Mustafa Sahin.
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