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Funded Projects
SFARI Funded Publications
Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes.
Zhou X., Feliciano P., Shu C., Wang T., Astrovskaya I., Hall J., Obiajulu J.U., Wright J., Murali S., Xuming Xu S., Brueggeman L., Thomas T.R., Marchenko O., Fleisch C., Barns S.D., Green Snyder L., Han B., Chang T.S., Turner T., Harvey W.T., Nishida A., O'Roak B., Geschwind D., SPARK Consortium, Michaelson J., Volfovsky N., Eichler E., Shen Y., Chung W.
Validation of autism diagnosis and clinical data in the SPARK cohort.
Fombonne E., Coppola L., Mastel S., O'Roak B.
Autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and symptoms in children with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Morotti H., Mastel S., Keller K., Barnard R.A., Hall T., O'Roak B., Fombonne E.
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