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Summary: DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.e472
2004;113;e472-e486Pediatrics
Rebecca Muhle, Stephanie V. Trentacoste and Isabelle Rapin
The Genetics of Autism
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The Genetics of Autism
Rebecca Muhle, BA*; Stephanie V. Trentacoste, BA*; and Isabelle Rapin, MD
ABSTRACT. Autism is a complex, behaviorally de-
fined, static disorder of the immature brain that is of
great concern to the practicing pediatrician because of an
astonishing 556% reported increase in pediatric preva-
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