Clinical Genetic Testing in Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Large Community-Based Population Sample

Daniel Moreno-De-Luca; Brian C Kavanaugh; Carrie R Best; Stephen J Sheinkopf; Chanika Phornphutkul; Eric M Morrow

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0950

Clinical Genetic Testing in Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Large Community-Based Population Sample

JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 1;77(9):979-981. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0950.

Authors

Daniel Moreno-De-Luca^{1

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4}, Brian C Kavanaugh^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, Rhode Island.
⁴ Center for Translational Neuroscience, Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science and Brown Institute for Translational Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁶ Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence.
⁷ Division of Human Genetics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
⁸ Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Abstract

This study analyzes data from a large, population-based study of people with autism spectrum disorder to evaluate what proportion underwent genetic testing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Autism Spectrum Disorder / diagnosis*
Autism Spectrum Disorder / genetics
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Genetic Testing / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Rhode Island
Young Adult