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Mice and men show the way

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Disorders caused by single genes, such as fragile X syndrome, share symptoms with the genetically complex autism spectrum disorders. It emerges that effective drugs for the former may lead to therapies for the latter.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Evdokia Anagnostou is at the Bloorview Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4G 1R8, Canada.,

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Anagnostou, E. Mice and men show the way. Nature 491, 196–197 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491196a

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