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Spectrum Stories: The benefits of genetic testing in autism
Finding a mutation linked to autism traits can have life-changing consequences for autistic individuals and their families.
By
Ben Kuebrich
18 March 2019 | 1 min read
Illustration by John Hersey
Illustration by John Hersey
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Spectrum,
Angelman syndrome,
Autism,
Common variants,
Copy number variation,
Diagnosis,
Exome,
Fragile X syndrome,
Genes,
Genetic testing,
GWAS,
Obesity,
Phelan-McDermid syndrome,
Rare variants,
Science and society,
Sequencing,
Special report: Genetic testing for autism,
The Transmitter stories,
Whole-exome sequencing,
Whole-genome sequencing
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