A comparative study of the genetic components of three subcategories of autism spectrum disorder

• Published in: Molecular psychiatry Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1720 - 1731
• Main Authors: Li, Jinchen, Hu, Shanshan, Zhang, Kun, Shi, Leisheng, Zhang, Yi, Zhao, Tingting, Wang, Lin, He, Xin, Xia, Kun, Liu, Chunyu, Sun, Zhongsheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45/23; 45/70; 631/208; 692/699/476/1373; Adolescent; Asperger Syndrome - genetics; Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder - classification; Autism Spectrum Disorder - genetics; Autistic Disorder - genetics; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Psychology; Child; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - genetics; Child, Preschool; Comparative studies; Databases, Genetic; Developmental disabilities; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Genetic research; Genotype; Genotypes; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Neurosciences; Pervasive developmental disorders; Pharmacotherapy; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Psychiatry

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) controversially combined previously distinct subcategories of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) into a single diagnostic category. However, genetic convergences and divergences between different ASD subcategories are...